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Jason Berry papers
Collection
Identifier: 045
Scope and Contents
The personal papers of Jason Berry, author, civil rights activist, and press secretary to Charles Evers, consist of 7.89 linear feet of material related to civil rights, politics, and race relations in Mississippi and Louisiana. The papers also document Berry's journalism and interest in the history of jazz in New Orleans, as well as environmental issues in southeast Louisiana. The bulk of the materials consist of documentation related to Charles Evers' gubernatorial (1971) and senatorial...
Dates:
Created: 1971-1991; Other: Majority of material found in 1971-1988; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1986
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
L. Monique McKenna collection
Collection
Identifier: 2497
Content Description
The L. Monique McKenna collection consists of two oral history interviews conducted by McKenna with former New Orleans mayors Sidney Barthelemy and Marc H. Morial in 2004. In the Barthelemy interview, he discusses his family and early work history, his political involvement, his tenures in the Louisiana State Senate and as New Orleans Mayor, and accusations of patronage. Marc H. Morial discusses his family history, Creole culture, the career of his father, Ernest Morial, his political...
Dates:
Other: 2004
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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