West Baton Rouge Museum (2020)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2020-07-10
Duration: 00:06:03
Subjects: West Baton Rouge Museum | Museum exhibits | African Americans | Slavery
Contributors:
- Moreau, Andre Host
- Fortenberry, Rex Q. Editor
- Bergeron, Angelique Interviewee
Description
This segment from the July 10, 2020, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Andre Moreau’s interview with Angelique Bergeron, the director of the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen. She discusses the recent updates to the tour “Cuttin’ Cane Ain’t All We Do: From Slavery to Civil Rights” in order to tell the full story of African American life from antebellum Louisiana through the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.