Interview with Carl Brasseaux (cont.)

Accession No.: 
BE1-097

00:00 - Cajuns views on FDR, Truman and Eisenhower;
02:30 - Religious divide in the '50s;
04:30 - Climate of the South;
07:15 - Jimmy Carter;
09:00 - Reagan and Carter's administrations;
12:30 - Populism;
14:00 - Cajuns during this time were socially conservative but willing to follow populist candidates;
16:50 - David Duke;
22:20 - John Breaux;
24:30 - C.J. Bobby Dugas - references a speech he gave in the 70s;
27:00 - "Coonass"
29:20 - Ulysse Ricard - Part of a group trying to get LSU to teach Louisiana French;
31:30 - Gentile Acadians
35:00 - Grassroots cultural surge in the late 60s;
37:00 - Public perception of Cajuns;
39:00 - Bilingual education in schools;
40:50 - Instead of having native LA speakers get certified to teach French in schools, they brought in Belgians and Frenchmen, most of whom had no training to teach. They were here teaching in lieu of military service.
42:30 - The Randy Watley controversy, basically the same thing that happened with Faulk about a decade later;
43:30 - Change in CODOFIL's method of operations;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
Cajuns; Louisiana, Politics; French Language
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Carl A. Brasseaux
Recording date: 
Friday, February 5, 1999
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Shane Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
17:50
Original Format: 
Audio--Cassette--60
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
16 bit
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore