Joseph M. Davis oral history interview, 1993.

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Joseph M. Davis oral history interview, 1993.

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In the interview, Davis describes working as a child; memories of buildings in Four Corners; his college career; involvement in his family trucking business, and challenges of breaking into the white dominated trucking industry; federal programs for minorities; his political involvement; family values; and his work ethic. Davis discusses the history of South Coast Plantation including early operations and purchase by Goldsby, then Prudential, and his parents' employment on the plantation; plantation life in the 1950s and 1960s; use of a pesticide called "Proud" on Sugarcane, and skepticism about organic treatment of sugarcane; the price of sugarcane; and his expectations for the community of Four Corners.

1 sound cassette (45 minutes);Index (4 p.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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LaCour-Patrick, Adrienne, 1954-

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Davis, Joseph M., Jr.,

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A resident of Four Corners, a community south of Franklin, Saint Mary Parish, La., Davis owned a trucking company, and was a police juror for 20 years. From the description of Joseph M. Davis oral history interview, 1993. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244445164 ...

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History

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The T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History was established in August 1991 to document the history of Louisiana State University. A department of LSU Libraries Special Collections, the Center conducts, collects, preserves, and makes available to scholars oral history interviews on Louisiana's social, political, cultural, and economic history. From the description of T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History records, 1990-1998. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 22696...