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The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Revius Oliver Ortique, Jr
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Revius Oliver Ortique, Jr.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 9 min., 50 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
State Supreme Court Judge Revius Oliver Ortique, Jr. was born on June 14, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana. A veteran of World War II, Ortique earned his B.A. degree in sociology from Dillard University, his M.A. degree from University of Indiana in 1949 and his J.D. degree from Southern University in 1956. Ortique was chief negotiator for peaceful desegregation of public facilities in New Orleans. President Johnson named Ortique to the Federal Hospital Council in 1966. President Nixon appointed Ortique to the President's Commission on Campus Unrest and the Legal Services Corporation. Ortique served as judge of Orleans Parish Civil District Court, and was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1992. He was president of the New Orleans Urban League and was named an alternate to United Nations General Assembly by President Clinton in 1999. Ortique passed away on June 22, 2008 at the age of 84.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Revius Oliver Ortique, Jr.
The Honorable Revius Oliver Ortique, Jr.
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Performers
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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