Historical Marker
Robert "Bob" Hicks / Robert "Bob" Hicks Street
Bogalusa, Washington County · Louisiana
Bob Hicks is remembered for the Deacons, but the courtroom held his longest mark. Born in Pachuta, Mississippi, in 1929, he grew up in Bogalusa and became a shop steward and president of the Black paper workers' union at the Crown Zellerbach mill. He was plaintiff in Hicks v. Knight, which won police protection for protesters; Hicks v. Crown Zellerbach, a Title VII class action over mill hiring; and Hicks v. Weaver, which blocked segregated public housing. After the mill suit he became the plant's first Black supervisor. The street was renamed for him in 2010.
Where it stands
30.77087, -89.84608 · Directions
More markers nearby
- Robert "Bob" Hicks House — steps away
- A Civil Rights Haven / 1906 Mill House — steps away
- A. Z. Young's Home — 0.2 mi
- Bogalusa's Birthplace — 1.4 mi