Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters; Elvin "Tampoo" Dalcourt Interview [Part 3 of 3]

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Program
Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters
Raw Footage
Elvin "Tampoo" Dalcourt Interview [Part 3 of 3]
Producing Organization
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Contributing Organization
Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/17-547pwhn2
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Description
Description
The third part of an interview with Elvin \0xFFFDTampoo\0xFFFD Dalcourt conducted for Baton Rouge\0xFFFDs Troubled Waters. As a child, Dalcourt became the first person to swim in the Brooks Park swimming pool, which was built for the African American community in Baton Rouge during segregation. He later became the manager of the pool. Dalcourt discusses the popularity of the pool among the kids of the community and the need for shifts in order to avoid overcrowding; his decision to work at the pool; his close relationship with Reverend Willie K. Brooks; the other activities and games available at Brooks Park; the construction of the pool; and improvements that need to be made to the pool today.
Genres
Interview
Topics
History
Subjects
Civil Rights: Equal Rights; Civil Rights: Local Events; Civil Rights: African American Civil Rights; Civil Rights: White Resistance; Louisiana; Segregation; African Americans; Sports
Rights
Louisiana Educational Television Authority/Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Restricted Use. For permission or licensing information contact: comments@lpb.org
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
147:20:03
Credits
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Interviewee: Dalcourt, Elvin "Tampoo"
Producer: Kendrick, Dorothy
Producing Organization: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LBRTW-23 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Original
Duration: 00:30:00
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LBRTW-23.mp4 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Copy: Access
Duration: 147:20:03
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LBRTW-23.mxf (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: application/mxf
Generation: Master
Duration: 147:20:37
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Citations
Chicago: “Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters; Elvin "Tampoo" Dalcourt Interview [Part 3 of 3],” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 18, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-547pwhn2.
MLA: “Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters; Elvin "Tampoo" Dalcourt Interview [Part 3 of 3].” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 18, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-547pwhn2>.
APA: Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters; Elvin "Tampoo" Dalcourt Interview [Part 3 of 3]. 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-17-547pwhn2