Anderson, Dupuy H. (Dupuy Henry), 1918-1999

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Dupuy H. Anderson graduated from McKinley High School in Baton Rouge, La., in 1935, received a B.S. degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge, and a D.D.S. degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. He enlisted in 1941 and served with the U.S. Air Force, rising to the rank of major. He participated in the 1953 Baton Rouge bus boycott and filed suit to desegregate the undergraduate division of Louisiana State University. His daughter, Freya Anderson Rivers, was one of six African-American undergraduates to integrate LSU in 1964.

From the description of Dupuy H. Anderson oral history interview, 1998. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 316541708

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Place Name Admin Code Country
Baton Rouge (La.)
United States
Louisiana--Baton Rouge
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African Americans
Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, Baton Rouge, La., 1953
Bus lines
Bus occupants
Racism
School integration
Segregation in education
Segregation in transportation
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Birth 1918-04-08

Death 1999-06-08

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