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; MP3; WAV;
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 - OH 364" (1984). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 364.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/315