Eunice Paddio-Johnson oral history interview, 1998.

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Eunice Paddio-Johnson oral history interview, 1998.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76173800

Eunice Paddio-Johnson discusses her memories of racism as a child and as an adult, her education and teaching in segregated schools in Saint Helena Parish, efforts to register black voters, her experience as the first black member of the Saint Helena Parish School Board, the roles of the Freemasons and Order of the Eastern Star in the civil rights movement, the Louisiana Education Association, and her work with various civic associations.

1 sound cassette (1 hour);Transcript (43 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8150406

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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

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Order of the Eastern Star

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Paddio-Johnson, Eunice, 1928-

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Eunice Paddio-Johnson was born on June 25, 1928, in Crowley, La. She graduated from Grambling State University in 1949 and taught in Saint Helena Parish, La., and at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. She retired from teaching in 1972 and was elected to the Saint Helena Parish School Board. From the description of Eunice Paddio-Johnson oral history interview, 1998. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 76173800 ...