Interviewer
Michael A. Cooke
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Abstract
Herbert Ulysses Gaillard Fielding (1923-2015) was a Charleston, SC native. He served in the United States Army during World War II and received a Bachelor of Science degree from West Virginia College in 1948. Mr. Fielding was very involved n the Civil Rights Movement and became the first African American to be elected to the South Carolina State Legislature since Reconstruction in 1970. He was later a South Carolina State Senator from 1985 until he retired in 1992. Mr. Fielding was also a member of the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus serving as Chairman beginning in 1990.
Publication Date
3-15-1984
Unique Identifier
OH 364
Format
1 Cassette
Length
0:40:27
Restrictions
This interview is open for use
Series
Politics
Keywords
South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus
Recommended Citation
Fielding, Herbert Ulysses Gaillard, "Interview with Herbert Fielding" (1984). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 364.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/315
