Leon Beasley SLI Integration Collection
Manuscript 173
Beasley, Leon. SLI Integration Collection, 1954
3 folders
Southwestern Louisiana Institute was the first public college in the South to integrate. This collection contains general records, documents and cassettes.
173-01 | General Records | ||
Correspondence, 1954, 1982 | |||
Southwestern Louisiana Institute, Lafayette, LA. Office of the Registrar. List of Negro students, Fall 1954-55 | |||
Article: “Integration in Acadia”, by Julius Gassner. College of St. Joseph-on-the-Rio Grand, Albuquerque, N.M. Interracial Review, n.d. | |||
173-02 | Documents | ||
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana Opelousas Division. Civil Action File No. 4401. Clara Dell Constantine, a Minor by Helma Constantine, her Mother and next friend, et al. vs. Joel Lafayette Fletcher, as President, et al. | |||
Other documents pertaining to case including correspondence, etc. 1954 | |||
173-03 | Cassettes | ||
1. | Conversation with Mr. J.W. James. Concerning the initial integration of USL | ||
2. | Conversation with Mrs. Velma Hollier. Concerning initial integration of USL | ||
3. | Mrs. Velma Hollier. Concerning Integration of USL (copy) |