Ku Klux Klan, 3rd, American, founded 1946 Search this
Deacons for Defense and Justice, American, founded 1964 Search this
Crown Zellerbach Corporation, American, founded 1928 Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
Duration: 1 hr., 22 min., 9 sec.
Total: 136.92 GB
Type:
video recordings
oral histories
digital media - born digital
Place collected:
Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
Date:
May 27, 2011
Description:
The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.16.1a, 2011.174.16.1b, 2011.174.16.1c, and 2011.174.16.1d.
Cynthia and Fletcher Anderson remember the segregation and job discrimination they faced in Bogalusa, Louisiana, and their decision to join the civil rights movement. Fletcher recalls working many different jobs at the Crown Zellerbach paper mill, the harassment of the police and Ku Klux Klan, and joining the Deacons of Defense and Justice. They discuss their job discrimination lawsuits, their friends involved in the civil rights movement, and the current state of race relations in Bogalusa.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress