Louisiana Women in the Civil Rights Era public forum recordings

This collection consists of two DVD recordings and a program of a 2002 public forum entitled “Louisiana Women in the Civil Rights Era: From Memory to Education.” The forum included Dr. V.P. Franklin, Florence Borders, Dr. Clyde Robertson, Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Dr. Melinda Chateauvert, Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas, Dr. Beverly Mason, Dr. Leeta Allen-Haynes, Sister Kathleen Bahlinger, Pearlie Harin Elloie, Sister Anne Meridier, Dr. Barbara Guillory Thompson, Dr. Linda Bart Tucker, Tessie Prevost Williams, Dr. Edie Ambrose, Leah Chase, Virginia Collins, Dr. Gerri M. Elie, Sybil H. Morial, Betty Daniels Rosemond, Sister Lory Schaff, and Doratha Smith-Simmons.

The forum was sponsored by Southern University at New Orleans, Xavier University of Louisiana, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Topics included: Women and Movements for Social Change, Louisiana Women and Educational Change, and Louisiana Women and Social and Political Activism.