Thomas Whitehead
Louisiana Legends Gala

Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Awards
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2022-04-28
Duration: 00:10:00
Subjects: Northwestern State University of Louisiana | HUNTER, CLEMENTINE
Contributors:
- Denison, John Host
- Merrick, Robyn Host
- Shiver, Art Interviewee
- Sterling, Todd Interviewee
- Deaton, Randolph J., IV Interviewee
- Gitter, Alice Yelen Interviewee
- Whitehead, Thomas Speaker
Description
This segment from the 2022 Louisiana Legends Gala features a profile and speech by Thomas Whitehead accepting his recognition as a Louisiana Legend. Whitehead is a professor emeritus of journalism at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, an expert and preservationist for the Clementine Hunter Collection, and a Clementine Hunter biographer. His profile includes interviews with: Art Shiver, Clementine Hunter biographer; Todd Sterling, the owner of Alpha Media and Public Relations; Randolph J. Deaton, IV, the art crime program manager with the FBI; and Alice Yelen Gitter, the senior curator emerita at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Hosts: John Denison and Robyn Merrick