African American journalists
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John E. Rousseau collection
Collection
Identifier: 319
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials collected by John E. Rousseau, editor of the Louisiana edition of the Pittsburgh Courier, relating to the case of Edgar Labat and Clifton Alton Poret, two African American men wrongfully convicted by an all-White jury for the 1950 rape of a White woman in New Orleans. Sentenced to the death penalty in 1953, Labat and Poret won nine stays of execution, ultimately becoming the longest-serving death row inmates in Louisiana...
Dates:
Created: 1950-1967; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1987
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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John E. Rousseau collection