Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2013-11-22

Duration: 00:06:26

Subjects: Jemison, T.J. (Theodore Judson) | OBITUARIES | Civil Rights | Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, Baton Rouge, La., 1953

Contributors:

• Sanford, Shauna Host
• Kendrick, Dorothy Producer
• Joseph, James A. Narrator
• Jemison, T.J. Interviewee
• Freeman, Veronica Interviewee
• Freeman, Hazel Interviewee
• Doherty, Lewis Interviewee
• White, Martha Interviewee
• Jones, Johnnie Interviewee

This segment from the November 22, 2013, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Shauna Sanford honoring Reverend T.J. Jemison, a Civil Rights icon, who died at age 95. It features a clip from the documentary “Signpost to Freedom” detailing Jemison’s leadership role in the 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, which served as a blueprint for the Montgomery Bus Boycott led by Martin Luther King, Jr. Host: Shauna Sanford