- -: Oral Histories: Lou Cannon
January 3, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Journalist and Ronald Reagan biographer Lou Cannon worked for the San Jose Mercury News from 1961 to 1969 and then the Washington Post from 1972 to 1998. During this time he covered many political campaigns and figures -- including President Nixon. In an oral history interview with the Nixon Pres...
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Baton Rouge: French Creole Culture at Magnolia Mound Plantation
December 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Adelaide Hair, docent at Magnolia Mound Plantation, tours the house which is an example of French Creole architecture and explains the origins of the word "creole."
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- -: General Patton's Photographs
December 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)While researching General George Patton, Kevin Hymel uncovered a large number of photographs that Patton took while serving in World War II. In this program, Mr. Hymel shows us the photos, and talks about his book "Patton's Photographs: War as He Saw It." From the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidentia...
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- -: Fort Sumter Union Reenactors
December 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)To mark the 150th anniversary of the attack on Fort Sumter, Union Civil War re-enactors commemorate the events that took place on April 12, 1861. Park historian Richard Hatcher discusses the history of Fort Sumter and how the attack on the fort ignited the Civil War.
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Baton Rouge: Battle at Fort New Richmond
December 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)This area, which is now called Fort San Carlos, was the site of one of the few American Revolution battles that happened outside of the 13 original colonies. The British called the area Fort New Richmond until it was seized by the Spanish in 1779. We hear from Baton Rouge historian John Sykes.
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Baton Rouge: The Old State Capitol
December 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Shedler takes us on a tour of the Old State Capitol. He tells us about the fire that destroyed the building during the Civil War, and explains why Governor Huey Long disliked the building so much that he built a new Capitol just blocks away.
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Baton Rouge: Southern University's Slave Narrative Collection
December 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Slave Narrative Collection & FBI Files on MLK at the John B. Cade Library at Southern University with Archivist Angela Proctor.
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Baton Rouge: Civil Rights Cold Case
December 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Stanley Nelson, editor of the Concordia Sentinel, tells the story of Frank Morris. The African American businessman was killed in Ferriday, Louisiana in 1964. In 2007, the FBI re-opened over 100 civil rights era cold cases, including Frank Morris'. Nelson and a group of students from Louisiana St...
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Baton Rouge: 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
December 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Rev. T.J. Jemison led a seven day bus boycott in Baton Rouge in 1953. This boycott was used as a blueprint for other bus boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama and Tallahassee, Florida. We speak with Johnnie Jones Sr., the Parish Attorney who filed suit in Louisiana State Court, and Veronica Freeman, Hi...
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- -: LCV Cities Tour - Baton Rouge: President Zachary Taylor
December 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Baton Rouge historian John Sykes tells us about Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States. He explains why Taylor chose to call Baton Rouge his home, and how Baton Rouge remembers the man known as Old Rough and Ready.
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