doi:10.7916/d8-8ndr-xq34Oral history interview with Alice Thompson, 1999Thompson, Aliceoral historiesmixed materialCivil rights movements--History--20th century.--United StatesCivil rights demonstrations--LousianaCivil rights workers--History--20th century.--United StatesAfrican Americans--SuffrageImprisonment--United StatesUnited States Race relations 20th centuryThompson, AliceCongress of Racial EqualityNational Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleIn this interview with Sheila Michaels, Alice Thompson discusses her family, her education, her involvement with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); and her arrest and imprisonment for her participation in protest activity. Thompson describes the picketing Woolworth's and K&B drug stores by New Orleans CORE; attempting to desegregate Pontchartrain Beach; the Louisiana Project in the Florida parishes; voter education and registration campaigns; and literacy test preparation. She discusses desegregation efforts in McCombs, Mississippi, where CORE workers endured beatings and the intervention of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was needed to ensure their safe passage out of the state. She also describes her arrest and trial in Poplarville, Mississippi. Thompson discusses the response to student participation in protest activity by faculty and administrative staff on the New Orleans campus of Southern University. She also recounts the impact of Hurricane Betsy on New Orleans, the role media played in capturing and publicizing the dangers protestors faced, the challenges her father faced after losing his job, his importance to the New Orleans community, and the pursuit of his education goals