Freddie Pitcher oral history interview, 1995.

ArchivalResource

Freddie Pitcher oral history interview, 1995.

Pitcher discusses McKinley High School during the late 1950s and early 1960s, as well as notable graduates.

1 sound cassette (35 minutes);Transcript (13 leaves)

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Jones, Roderick, Sir, 1877-1962

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m6311g (person)

Pitcher, Freddie, 1945-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ns294x (person)

Freddie Pitcher was born in Baton Rouge, La., on April 28, 1945, to Freddie Pitcher Sr. and Lucy Ingram Pitcher. He graduated from McKinley High School (1962) and Southern University (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1973). He co-founded the law firm of Pitcher, Tyson, Avery, and Cunningham and was elected Baton Rouge's first African-American city court judge in 1983. Pitcher also was elected judge of the 19th Judicial District Court (1987) and the First Circuit Court of Appeals (1992). He became a full profes...

McKinley High School (Baton Rouge, La.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d6mpt (corporateBody)

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69k845d (corporateBody)

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...