Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters; Collis Temple, Jr. Interview [Part 1 of 2]

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Program
Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters
Raw Footage
Collis Temple, Jr. Interview [Part 1 of 2]
Producing Organization
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Contributing Organization
Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/17-708wbg3d
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Description
Description
The first part of an interview with Collis Temple, Jr. conducted for Baton Rouge\0xFFFDs Troubled Waters. Temple, a Kentwood, Louisiana, native, became the first African American to play basketball at Louisiana State University (LSU) in 1971. He later served as a commissioner on the East Baton Rouge Parish Parks and Recreation Commission (BREC) for 17 years. He discusses Governor John McKeithen\0xFFFDs recruitment efforts on behalf of the LSU basketball team; the challenge of being a minority student in the classroom and dorms; his work as a BREC Commissioner; Willie Spooner\0xFFFDs contributions to both black and white students as a high school baseball coach; his memories of the Brooks Park swimming pool and its importance to the black community in Baton Rouge during segregation; Civil Rights activist Pearl George; growing up during segregation in rural Louisiana; participating in the Boy Scouts; and the growth of the Boy Scouts in the black community.
Genres
Interview
Topics
History
Subjects
Civil Rights: Equal Rights; Civil Rights: Local Events; Civil Rights: School Desegregation; Civil Rights: African American Civil Rights; Civil Rights: White Resistance; Louisiana; Segregation; African Americans; Civil Rights; Desegregation; 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
00:00:00
Credits
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Interviewee: Temple, Collis, Jr.
Producer: Kendrick, Dorothy
Producing Organization: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LBRTW-31 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Original
Duration: 00:30:00
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LBRTW-31.mp4 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Copy: Access
Duration: 00:00:00
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LBRTW-31.mxf (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: application/mxf
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:00:00
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Chicago: “Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters; Collis Temple, Jr. Interview [Part 1 of 2],” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 16, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-708wbg3d.
MLA: “Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters; Collis Temple, Jr. Interview [Part 1 of 2].” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 16, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-708wbg3d>.
APA: Baton Rouge's Troubled Waters; Collis Temple, Jr. Interview [Part 1 of 2]. 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-17-708wbg3d