African Americans -- Civil rights -- Louisiana

Scope and Contents The Adam Fairclough oral history collection contains three audiocassettes of interviews conducted by Dr. Adam Fairclough during his research period for his book Race & Democracy: The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972. Included is one cassette each of interviews with William Bailey, Sr. (President of the Bogalusa NAACP, 1950-72), Harvey R.H. Britton (Field Director of the NAACP in Louisiana), and James H. Henderson (President of the New Iberia...

Scope and Contents The records of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons for the State of Louisiana are a rich source of primary documentation about the history of African American freemasonry in Louisiana and throughout the United States, the period of post-Civil War Reconstruction (1865-1877), the long civil rights movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries (1878-1954) and the modern civil rights movement (1955-1968). The...

Scope and Contents The records of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Louisiana State Field Office consist of 21 linear feet of documents.  The largest portion of the collection is comprised of correspondence; the remainder of the collection consists of reports, press releases, minutes, newsletters, complaints, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The correspondence in the collection is arranged chronologically and consists primarily of letters written to and by the NAACP...