Paul Y. Burns [Part 1 of 2]
Oral History
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Collection:LSA
Copyright Holder: Louisiana State Archives
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Subjects: BOGALUSA CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH | BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA | BURNS, PAUL | CIVIL RIGHTS | COMMUNISM | D-DAY | DAVIS, JIMMIE (GOVERNOR) | DEBLIEUX, J.D. (STATE SENATOR) | GREEN, WILLIS | INTEGRATION | LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY | ORAL HISTORIES | TULSA, OKLAHOMA | TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA | Red River Wildlife Management Area | Red River Wildlife Management Area
Contributors:
- Burns, Paul Interviewee
- Jackson Jr., Sailor Interviewer
- Jackson Jr., Sailor Photographer
Description
Oral history with World War II veteran, civil rights activist, and professor of forestry Dr. Paul Y. Burns. Conducted on May 11, 2009. In this interview, Dr. Burns discusses his service in European theater of the Second World War, the effect the war had on race relations, and his career as a professor at Louisiana State University during the civil rights movement. During the war, Burns served as a weather officer for the U.S. Army Air Corps. After his discharge, Burns went on to teach forestry at LSU starting in 1958. During the civil rights movement, fought for integration while serving on LSU's advisory board and witnessed the Bogalusa Civil Rights March of 1967. Part 1 of 2.