Louisiana Legends; Jimmie Davis Parts I and II
- Series
- Louisiana Legends
- Episode
- Jimmie Davis Parts I and II
- Producing Organization
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting
- Contributing Organization
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/17-214mx0z7
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Two parts of an interview with Jimmie Davis conducted by Gus Weill for Louisiana Legends. Davis, a successful country singer, served two terms as Louisiana's governor (1944-1948, 1960-1964). In the first part, Davis discusses growing up in Beech Springs, Louisiana, without electricity; his poor sharecropper family; his family's inability to pay for medical treatment; losing a younger sister; his earliest memory of music; the first basketball at his one-room schoolhouse; being influenced to attend college; his early singing career; meeting his first and second wives; his early political career; being charged with making risque records; making a film about his life; building the Sunshine Bridge and Governor's Mansion; and his life after the governorship. In the second part, he discusses his college experiences in New Orleans and Pineville; growing up in a poor sharecropper family; teaching at a college in Shreveport; teaching with Earl Long's sister; his early political career; his early career in music and Hollywood; the history of "You Are My Sunshine"; Gene Autry and "Nobody's Daughter"; his early recording star acquaintances; his campaigns; his relationships with Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson; riding his horse on the steps of the state capitol; his life after the governorship; the secrets to his success; and his faith.
- Genres
- Interview
- Topics
- Biography
- Subjects
- Civil Rights: African American Civil Rights; Louisiana; Politics; Poverty; Education; MUSIC; Singing; Country/Western/Bluegrass
- Rights
- Louisiana Educational Television Authority/Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Restricted Use. For permission or licensing information contact: comments@lpb.org
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:00:00
- Credits
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Audio: Ward, Randal
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Director: Fourrier, Clay
Executive Producer: George, Beth
Graphic Designer: Ruckstuhl, Julie
Graphics: Harrison, Jr., Joseph L.
Host: Weill, Gus
Interviewee: Davis, Jimmie
Lighting: Talley, Keith
Moderator: Breazeale, Kathryn
Musician: DuPaquier, John
Musician: Coren, Gail
Musician: Taylor, Ed
Producer: Fowler, Ken
Producing Organization: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Scenic Design: Derr, Michael
Stage Manager: Talley, Keith
Video: Hatfield, Kent
Video: LaBauve, Douglas
Writer: Carroll, Mark
Writer: James, Frank
Writer: DuPaquier, John
Writer: Bryan, Bill
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: IM648 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: MPEG IMX
Generation: Master
Duration: 01:00:00
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: IM648.mp4 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Copy: Access
Duration: 00:00:00
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: IM648.mxf (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: application/mxf
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:00:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Louisiana Legends; Jimmie Davis Parts I and II,” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 30, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-214mx0z7.
- MLA: “Louisiana Legends; Jimmie Davis Parts I and II.” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 30, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-214mx0z7>.
- APA: Louisiana Legends; Jimmie Davis Parts I and II. 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-17-214mx0z7