Black Troops & the Gulf War (1991)
Louisiana: The State We're In
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Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1991-02-01
Duration: 00:10:21
Subjects: Military | African Americans | Persian Gulf War, 1991 | Iraq
Contributors:
- Collins, Robert Host
- Nachman, Karen Reporter
- Jetson, Raymond Interviewee
- Durant, Thomas Interviewee
- Richardson, Rupert Interviewee
- Fontenot, Michael Interviewee
- Barrow, Robert Interviewee
- Brown, Reginald Interviewee
- Dominic, LaShaunda Interviewee
Description
This segment from the February 1, 1991, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Karen Nachman’s report on the concerns that African Americans comprise a disproportionate number of the frontline troops serving in Operation Desert Storm and the Persian Gulf War. Nachman reports that 27% of troops from the United States are African American. She interviews: State Representative Raymond Jetson; Dr. Thomas Durant, a professor of sociology at LSU; Rupert Richardson of the NAACP; Dr. Michael Fontenot, a military historian at SU; retired General Robert Barrow; Major Reginald Brown of the NAACP; and LaShaunda Dominic, the wife a soldier. Host: Robert Collins