0:00 Mr. Thompson talks about growing up in Baton Rouge during the Jim Crow Era.

2:00 Mr. Thompson talks about the 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott and speaks to his family legacy of Civil Rights involvement. 

3:16 Mr. Thompson remembers ending up right in the middle of the Baton Rouge Riots, which broke out on January 10, 1972 after police officers cracked down on Civil Rights protesters.