Louisiana: A History; Moon Landrieu Interview [Part 3 of 4]

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Series
Louisiana: A History
Raw Footage
Moon Landrieu Interview [Part 3 of 4]
Producing Organization
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Contributing Organization
Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/17-05fbh0v3
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Description
Description
The third part of an interview with Moon Landrieu conducted for Louisiana: A History. Landrieu served as a state representative (1960-1966), New Orleans City Council Member at-large (1966-1970) and Mayor of New Orleans (1970-1978), where he fought for racial integration. He discusses integration in Louisiana as compared to other Southern states; outlawing segregation across the board in the City of New Orleans in 1969; the contributions of NAACP lawyer A.P. Tureaud and Ernest \0xFFFDDutch\0xFFFD Morial, the first African American Mayor of New Orleans, to integration in New Orleans; and the importance of the building of the Louisiana Superdome to the growth of downtown New Orleans and the changing racial attitudes in the city.
Genres
Interview
Topics
History
Subjects
CivilRights: Legislation; Civil Rights: African American Civil Rights; Louisiana; Segregation; Desegregation; African Americans; Civil Rights
Rights
Louisiana Educational Television Authority/Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Restricted Use. For permission or licensing information contact: comments@lpb.org
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
187:35:04
Credits
Associate Producer: Godoy, Al
Associate Producer: Melton, Christina
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Interviewee: Landrieu, Moon
Interviewer: Laudun, Tika
Producer: Laudun, Tika
Producing Organization: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LLHI-ML3 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Original
Duration: 00:30:00
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LLHI-ML3.mp4 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Copy: Access
Duration: 187:35:04
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LLHI-ML3.mxf (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: application/mxf
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:00:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Louisiana: A History; Moon Landrieu Interview [Part 3 of 4],” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed March 10, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-05fbh0v3.
MLA: “Louisiana: A History; Moon Landrieu Interview [Part 3 of 4].” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. March 10, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-05fbh0v3>.
APA: Louisiana: A History; Moon Landrieu Interview [Part 3 of 4]. Boston, MA: Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-05fbh0v3