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Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Revius Oliver Ortique, Jr. The Honorable Revius Oliver Ortique, Jr.
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Other authors / contributors: | Ortique, Revius Oliver, 1924- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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Sound characteristics: | digital
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Digital file characteristics: | video file
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Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2008 March 24. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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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.
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