Oliver Mack oral history interview, 1993.

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Oliver Mack oral history interview, 1993.

Mack discusses his family background, his attendance at McKinley High School, the integration of Baton Rouge high schools, treatment of black students at predominantly white high schools, his participation in the class-action suit to admit African-American undergraduates at LSU, his studies and experiences at LSU, and his work at Exxon after graduation.

1 sound cassette (1.25 hours);Transcript (59 leaves)

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)

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Hebert, Mary J.

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Exxon Corporation

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Mack, Oliver, 1946-

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Oliver Mack was a member of the NAACP class-action suit that led to the admission of African-American undergraduates at Louisiana State University. From the description of Oliver Mack oral history interview, 1996. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 85597227 From the description of Oliver Mack oral history interview, 1993. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70888765 ...

McKinley High School (Baton Rouge, La.)

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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...