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It Happened in Baton Rouge, USA: A Real Life Drama of Our Deep South Today

Major Johns and Ronnie Moore

Amistad Research Center

Amistad Research Center
New Orleans, United States

This pamphlet, published by the national office of CORE, outlines events related to protests led by CORE members and Southern University students Major Johns and Ronnie Moore in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from 1960-1961. For their actions, both Johns and Moore were expelled from the university.

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  • Title: It Happened in Baton Rouge, USA: A Real Life Drama of Our Deep South Today
  • Creator: Major Johns, Ronnie Moore
  • Subject Keywords: African Americans--civil rights--Louisiana
  • Type: document
  • Rights: Physical rights are retained by the Amistad Research Center. The materials in this exhibition are being made available for personal and scholarly research use only. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. If you are the rightful copyright holder of an item represented in this exhibition and wishes to have it removed, please submit a request to reference@amistadresearchcenter.org including proof of ownership and clear identification of the work, preferably with URL.
  • Repository: Amistad Research Center
  • Extent: 11 p.
  • Date: 1962-04-01
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