Romaine, Howard M., 1942-

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Interviewed by Andrew Reisinger. In the first of two interviews, Romaine talks about his early life growing up in New Iberia, Louisiana. He discusses his involvement with several student groups while in college at Southwestern Memphis University and the University of Virginia, including SSOC and SNCC. Romaine talks about how he came to start The Great Speckled Bird in Atlanta with funding from the National Student Association.

Scope and Contents Interviewed by Andrew Reisinger. Romaine discusses his early life growing up in New Iberia, La. He talks about his father’s experiences in the Philippines during World War II and his deteriorated health upon returning to the United States. He talks about his early impressions of living in Atlanta and describes the group of people that was involved with The Great Speckled Bird. Romaine spends much of the interview describing the diversity of the South and the...