Interviews with Raymond Blanco and Cleve Thibodeaux

Accession No.: 
BE1-091

00:45 - USL ROTC building bombing - anit-war movement;
01:55 - 3 students involved in bombing;
04:15 - Blanco says there was a car with dynamite found behind the sudent union - they were planning to blow up the Lafayette Courthouse;
06:00 - More about the students who bombed the ROTC building;
08:00 - Integration - Blanco says USL had the first African American football and basketball student athletes;
11:40 - Cajun hippies;
12:15 - "The most militant people on this campus were ex-seminarians";
13:00 - Flag protests;
19:00 - Coaching career; USL's change from the Bulldogs to the Ragin' Cajuns;

26:40 - Interview with Carol Bernard - 5/25/1998 - Declined to be interviewed on tape

27:00 - Interview with Cleve Thibodeaux - September 18, 1998;
27:15 - Left to go overseas on September 16, 1944 - Served in India and China;
28:15 - Eause Dugas joins the conversation - Talks about a bomb shelter that he built in 1961;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Shane K. Bernard
Subject: 
USL, Lafayette, Integration, Vietnam War, Korean War
Creator: 
Shane Bernard
Informants: 
Raymond Blanco
Recording date: 
Friday, February 27, 1998
Coverage Spatial: 
Lafayette, LA
Publisher: 
Shane K. Bernard
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
30:55
Cataloged Date: 
Monday, April 8, 2024
Original Format: 
Cassette - 60
Digital Format: 
AIFF
Bit Depth: 
16
Sampling Rate: 
44.1k
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore