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Interviews with Judge Allen Babineaux (cont.);

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

Interview with Judge Allen Babineaux:
02:00 - Discussing their international travels and bad things they've seen;
03:45 - Anti-communists being labeled as communists;
05:00 - Shane asks if people were concerned about the prospect of nuclear attack;
07:00 - Saddam Hussein
08:00 - Defense Education Act - Babineaux says it had an effect on South Louisiana;
09:00 - Integration in the 60s. Babineaux says there were no problems in Carencro;
10:55 - Joined the Navy in 1944, was made fun of in boot camp;

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Interview with Judge Allen Babineaux (cont.)

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:40 - Acadian Flag
03:45 - Founding of CODOFIL;
05:30 - The first Acadian International Festival
07:40 - Early CODOFIL meeting that took place at the Lafayette Courthouse, discussing how the organization was formed;
10:45 - CODOFIL - Discussing the early perception that the organization catered more towards standard French over local dialects;
15:20 - Punishment for speaking French in school
16:10 - Served in WWII - Navy in the Pacific, was called "Frenchie";
18:45 - Importance of the G.I. Bill;

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Interview with Judge Allen Babineaux

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - Parents opened a store in the early 30's - Corner of Mills and Gloria Switch Road;
01:15 - regional French dialects;
02:30 - Talks about his grandfather - Educated himself in English and French;
03:30 - Visiting Grand Pré in the early 1960s;
08:25 - Tom Arceneaux and Roy Theriot;
10:00 - influential persons in the Cajun renaissance (1950s era) - Louise Olivier, Jeanne Castille, Anna Belle Kruetz, Ruth Hamilton, Dudley LeBlanc;
11:40 - James Domengeaux
12:55 - Acadiana Bicentennial;

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Interviews with Ledelle D. "Biggie" Dupuis (cont.); Ernest Crochet

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - Americanism classes mandated by the school board;
02:20 - Communist propaganda;
04:00 - McCarthyism
05:00 - Possibility of a nuclear attack during the Cold War
05:50 - Ignorance of American history;
08:00 - Defense Education Act - Teachers had more money to spend on textbooks, received additional training;
09:00 - Shane asks about integration in the area - Nunez says there were no issues in Carencro;
11:00 - Service in WWII;
12:15 - Ridicule for being Cajun;
13:30 - First heard the term "coonass" in the mid-1930s;

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Interviews with Ledelle D. "Biggie" Dupuis (cont.); Ernest Crochet

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

Ledelle D. "Biggie" Dupuis:
00:20 - Shame of being Cajun;
01:20 - Other ethnic prejudices;
02:20 - Describing a typical day in his Americanism class;
07:00 - Discussion on American History textbooks;
10:55 - nuclear hysteria;
12:50 - Vietnam/fall of French Indochina;
18:15 - Discussing Vietnam War protesters;
19:20 - hippies;
20:50 - Integration of Northside High School; road to integration; student responses to integration

Ernest Crochet:
29:20 - newspaper article featuring Crochet;

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Interview with Ledelle D. "Biggie" Dupuis (cont.)

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:00 - bomb drills, civil defense workers coming to talk to students, fallout shelters;
00:40 - Teaching Americanism/Citizenship classes;
01:40 - Teaching "Democracy vs. Communism" - was within the American History course;
07:50 - Discussion about the mismanagement of the Cold War;
08:30 - Americanization of Cajuns;
10:30 - Acadian hardships;
13:00 - misconceptions about Cajuns;
14:00 - Discussing the word "coonass;"
16:00 - G.I. Bill;
18:30 - Cost of living/college after the War;

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Interview with Ledelle D. "Biggie" Dupuis (cont.)

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

00:55 - Says that he grew up a lot during his service in the Navy, decided to volunteer instead of being drafted;
03:50 - Was asked if he spoke French or any other languages when he joined the service;
04:15 - Met French soldiers in the Philippines;
05:00 - Speaking French in the military - But did not serve as an interpreter or translator;
07:10 - Says he used his Spanish speaking ability while serving;
07:55 - Cajuns and higher education before WWII;
09:45 - Went back to SLI after the war;

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Interview with Pat Delahoussaye Broussard; Ledelle D. "Biggie" Dupuis

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

Pat Delahoussaye:
00:30 - Thoughts on the Vietnam War;
02:25 - Thoughts on the protesters;
03:45 - hippie culture in New Orleans;
05:50 - Modern conveniences - First got a television in 1953;
07:40 - Violence on television;
08:40 - Air conditioning;
10:50 - Story about her husband installing ceiling fans in her classroom;
13:00 - Outhouses, Indoor plumbing

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