Musical performace by Varise Connor & Lionel Leleux/Interview with M. Schott

Accession No.: 
AN1-244

Varise Connor, M. Schott:

***Copy of AN1-098***

Varise Conner (Violin), Michael Doucet (Violin), Lionel LeLeux (Background), Unknown Rhythm Guitar Player

-Valse sans titre de Walter Aguillard in D;
-Aguillards from Eunice;

-Fi Fi Foncho (4:04);
-Step it Fast (T'en a eu, t'en auras plus);

-Step it Fast (fragment) (7:25);
-Lafayette Playboys Waltz/Eunice Waltz/Crowley Waltz/Mon Vieux Home/Scott Waltz in A;

-Untitled Waltz in G (10:02);
-Swing (Carroll County Blues?) (Lionel seconding?);

-Untitled Blues (14:19);
-Memphis Blues;

-Drunkard's Waltz (18:06);
-Drunkard's Waltz (reprise with Lionel's 'rub-a-dub-dub' style);
-Jack Daniels to freshen Varise's memory;

-Untitled Two Step (22:09);
-Evangeline Waltz (Lionel playing lead);

M. Schott:

-Civil Rights Movement in Louisiana (24:26);
-Oliver Bush desegregating New Orleans public schools;
-Preserving American history;
-J.K. Haynes: "Written history won't reflect what I tell at this time.";
-Daniel Byrd and Robert N. Perry--Humiliation of Jim Crow segregation in New Orleans. Boycotting;
-Mr. Byrd in charge of education problems for the national office of NAACP. Mr. Perry a concerned school principal, boy-scout leader, LA education association;
-Street cars--the only public transit;
-Blacks not having the right to vote;
-J. Carolton James one of the first Blacks getting the right to vote in Lafayette Parish after Reconstruction. WWII Veteran;
-Voter registration drives. J.K. Haynes;

-Vaneur? D. Lacour (Civil Rights Attorney)--Whites decide to let a few Blacks in St. Landry Parish vote (29:50);
-Education protest--Carolton James, a young teacher;
-Johnny Jones, an attorney from Baton Rouge--child victimized by the education system;
-Parents who wanted better opportunities for their children. J.K. Haynes organizing demonstrations;
-Daniel Byrd and the Oliver Bush Case;
-Myrtle Cane/Kain?, first Black student entering Crowley High School;
-Wilfred Pierre, USL in the early 1960s;
-Catherine Bonner from Jonesboro, LA--professional librarian working on her Ph.D;
-USL first university to be desegreated in the state. Dr. J.R. Oliver from Egan, LA--administrative vice president of the university;
-Catholic Neumann Center with Msgr. Alexander Sigur of Crowley, LA. Pastor at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Lafayette;

-J.K.Haynes says USL was the easiest to desegregate (36:02);
-Attorney Murphy Bell--Southern University in Baton Rouge. Little dignity accorded to Black lawyers in the courts;
-Marion Overton White from Plaisance, lawyer in Opelousas;
-Annie P. Johnson from Jonesboro, working for Civil Rights;
-Pat Rickels asking the question, "Why did you want to pick at the library?";
-The Black community of Jonesboro defending itself;
-A.Z. Young, voter's league member--voter situation in early 1965 Bogalusa. LA Dept. of Health & Human Resources, Civil Rights office for that office;
-Annie A. Smart?, welfare mother before A.Z. Young;
-In 1969, 350 welfare mothers going to Washington D.C. to talk to their senators about welfare reform;
-What did the Civil Rights Movement mean after all? Was it worth it?;
-(Black?) Choir Singing Hymn (We Shall Live In Peace?);

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Ancelet
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Folk music; Violins; Guitars; Civil rights; Blacks; Desegregation;
Creator: 
Barry Jean Ancelet
Informants: 
Varise Connor; Lionel Leleux; M. Schott;
Recording date: 
Tuesday, October 25, 1977
Coverage Spatial: 
Lake Arthur, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
French
Meta Information
Duration: 
45:03
Cataloged Date: 
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Monday, July 23, 2018
Original Format: 
Audio--Reel--7"
Digital Format: 
WAV
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Cabinet 1 Shelf 3