Kerry Louis Pourciau oral history interview, 1993-1994.

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Kerry Louis Pourciau oral history interview, 1993-1994.

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Pourciau discusses his family; his tenure as SGA president; political activity among LSU students; his relations with several LSU administrators; the integration of African Americans at LSU and in the United States; the Southern University riots; and his work for U.S. Senator Russell Long, New Orleans Mayor Ernest N. Morial, and the Louisiana Lottery Corporation.

3 sound cassettes (3.5 hr.)Transcript (128 leaves)Index (3 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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