Newsmakers; Huey Long Seminar, Part 3: Weiss' Son
- Series
- Newsmakers
- Producing Organization
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting
- Contributing Organization
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/17-20ftvbj7
- Public Broadcasting Service Series NOLA
- NEWS 000000
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- Description
- Episode Description
- The third part of the Huey Long Symposium hosted by Secretary of State Jay Dardenne at the Old State Capitol on August 28, 2010. This part features a speech by Dr. Carl Weiss, Jr., the son of Long's alleged assassin, Dr. Carl Weiss, Sr. This speech marks the first time in 75 years that a member of the Weiss family has spoken publicly about the events of September 8, 1935. Weiss discusses: his father's background; his understanding of what happened on the night of September 8, 1935; and why he believes that his father did not kill Huey Long.
- Description
- Dr. Carl Weiss, Jr. Presentation #5 30 minutes For the first time in 75 years, a member of the Weiss family spoke publicly about the events of September 8, 1935. Dr. Carl Weiss, Jr. was three months old when his father went to the capitol that evening. At the Old State Capitol, the son gave brief background information about his mother - Yvonne Pavy, from Opelousas - and his father, a respected ENT in Baton Rouge. Then he took the audience step by step through his reckoning of what happened that evening. Then he outlined the efforts by the family to better understand the event, that even included exhuming his father's body in 1992. September 2010.
- Date
- 2010-08-28
- Asset type
- Episode
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Producing Organization: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: IM1350/2 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: MPEG IMX
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:28:45
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Newsmakers; Huey Long Seminar, Part 3: Weiss' Son,” 2010-08-28, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 2, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-20ftvbj7.
- MLA: “Newsmakers; Huey Long Seminar, Part 3: Weiss' Son.” 2010-08-28. Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 2, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-20ftvbj7>.
- APA: Newsmakers; Huey Long Seminar, Part 3: Weiss' Son. 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-17-20ftvbj7