# Hicks family oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Bogalusa, Louisiana, 2011 May 27

The Hicks family remembers their childhood in segregated Bogalusa, Louisiana, and their father, Robert Hicks, a local civil rights leader. They recall leading a children's civil rights march in Bogalusa to protest discrimination at Woolworth's, hosting two white civil rights workers, Bill Yates and Steve Miller, and being protected by the Deacons of Defense and Justice.

- Kind: Interview
- Year: 2011
- Runtime: 2 h 31 min
- By: Hicks, Valeria Payton
- Genres: History, Children's
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2015669116/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2015669116?play=1)