Film, Video Cynthia Baker Anderson and Fletcher Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Bogalusa, Louisiana, 2011-05-27.
- Cynthia Baker Anderson and Fletcher Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Bogalusa, Louisiana, 2011-05-27.
- Contributor Names
- Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) (Creator)
- Mosnier, Joseph (Interviewer)
- Anderson, Fletcher, 1938- (Interviewee)
- Anderson, Cynthia Baker (Interviewee)
- Created / Published
- Bogalusa, Louisiana, None 2011, 5
- Subject Headings
- - Civil rights movements--United States
- - Civil rights movements--Louisiana--Bogalusa
- - Discrimination in employment--Louisiana--Bogalusa
- - Labor unions--Louisiana--Bogalusa
- - Crown Zellerbach Corporation
- - Deacons for Defense and Justice
- - Hicks, Robert, 1929-2010
- - Bogalusa Voters League
- - Hicks, Valeria Payton
- - Interviews
- - Filmed interviews
- - Oral histories
- - United States -- Louisiana -- Bogalusa
- Filmed interviews
- Oral histories
- - Summary: 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.
- - Biographical History: Fletcher Anderson was born in 1938 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, married Cynthia Baker and had three children. He graduated from Central Memorial High School and worked at the Crown Zellerbach paper mill in many jobs, eventually as an overhead crane operator. He joined the Deacons of Defense and Justice and the Bogalusa Voters League, and was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement in Bogalusa.
- - Biographical History: Cynthia Baker Anderson grew up in Bogalusa, Louisiana. She was married to Fletcher Anderson and had three children.
- - Acquisition Note: The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement.
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- - Related Archival Materials: Artifacts associated with the interview are at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- 4 video files of 4 (HD, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, QuickTime wrapper) (82 min.) : digital, sound, color. 1 transcript (39 pages)
- Call Number
- Source Collection
- Civil Rights History Project, (U.S.) (AFC 2010/039)
- American Folklife Center
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