Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters; Freya Anderson Rivers Interview
- Program
- Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters
- Raw Footage
- Freya Anderson Rivers Interview
- Producing Organization
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting
- Contributing Organization
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/17-88cfzs66
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- Description
- Description
- An interview with Freya Anderson Rivers conducted for Baton Rouge\0xFFFDs Troubled Waters. Rivers, the daughter of Civil Rights activist Dupuy Anderson, was one of four students to integrate Lee High School during their senior year in 1963. In the summer of 1964, she became the first African American woman to attend Louisiana State University (LSU). She discusses the decision to integrate Lee High School; her first day of school; the constant harassment and threats she received from the faculty and students throughout the school year; being escorted out of school by federal marshals on the day of President John F. Kennedy\0xFFFDs assassination while surrounded by angry protests from the white students; the support she received from the other 27 students integrating schools; the psychological trauma caused by her integration experience; the burning crosses and shots fired at her home during the year; the pressure to succeed; the support she received from the black community; integrating LSU; integrating the pool hall in the LSU Union for women; a confrontation with David Duke in Free Speech Alley at LSU; the bitterness she feels towards Lee High School and LSU; her father, Dupuy Anderson; sitting in the car with her father while he transported black workers during the 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott; her father meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr. to discuss the success of the bus boycott, which King later used as a template for the Montgomery Bus Boycott; learning to swim at the Brooks Park swimming pool and watching Elvin \0xFFFDTampoo\0xFFFD Dalcourt dive; and her academic and career accomplishments.
- Genres
- Interview
- Topics
- History
- Subjects
- Civil Rights: Equal Rights; Civil Rights: Local Events; Civil Rights: School Desegregation; Civil Rights: African American Civil Rights; Civil Rights: White Resistance; Louisiana; Segregation; African Americans; Civil Rights; Desegregation; Education; Racism; Discrimination; Demonstrations; Women
- Rights
- Louisiana Educational Television Authority/Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Restricted Use. For permission or licensing information contact: comments@lpb.org
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 761:12:45
- Credits
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Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Interviewee: Rivers, Freya Anderson
Producer: Kendrick, Dorothy
Producing Organization: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LBRTW-48 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: DVCAM
Generation: Original
Duration: 00:30:00
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LBRTW-48.mp4 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Copy: Access
Duration: 761:12:45
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LBRTW-48.mxf (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: application/mxf
Generation: Master
Duration: 761:15:04
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters; Freya Anderson Rivers Interview,” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 24, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-88cfzs66.
- MLA: “Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters; Freya Anderson Rivers Interview.” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 24, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-88cfzs66>.
- APA: Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters; Freya Anderson Rivers Interview. Boston, MA: Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-88cfzs66