Lights Out in Blackham

[Turbine]

I have some video I have to get to CajunRebel.

But the quality is only good for a screen about the size of a mobile phone not a large screen documenatary. I'll let him be the judge.
igeaux.mobi

[Donny_Broussard]

The Shipley era documentary, LIGHTS OUT IN BLACKHAM now has a Kickstarter campaign running to try and help raise some of the funds necessary to complete the film. Check it out and feel free to pledge.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ut-in-blackham

[Geaux]

No problem! You got it! I hope we can all see the influence this documentary can have and find the love for UL in our hearts and donate something to help make this the best it can be.

Geaux Cajuns!

[douglas]

we have already committed two donations from the proceeds of the film. The first is to coach Shipley's mended heart scholarship. The second is to the RCAF, so in turn, a donation for us is a donation for all of us.
The more funds we can raise, the better chance we can dump a bigger sum right back to ourselves-THE RAGIN CAJUNS. no donation is too small, a dollar, five dollars, heck 25 bucks gets you in the film credits, we have a rewards structure for donations check it out and lets rock this thing.

[broussms]

almost 1/3 of the way! Keep it going!

[Gumbeaux]

I'm very interested in trying to give a sizable portion to help recover costs. I just need to see about selling a few things I don't need anymore around the house.

Thanks guys for putting in the hard work on this.

[Donny_Broussard]

Thanks a lot. Every little bit helps.

[Kal]

Just made my donation. I encourage everyone to do the same. I know some people's cash is strapped, but there are two very worthy causes to donate to this month, especially for a Ragin' Cajun fan: This film, and the raginpagin fundraiser. If you can't trim 20 dollars from your budget to donate to these two causes, then at least spread the word and help with getting others to donate. I really want to see this movie made. We have less than one month to achieve the goal. Come on, dig into your wallets, and help out these two great causes.

[NewsCopy]

 Few people know that UL was at the forefront of integration.

Specifically, the University of Louisiana integrated many of its sports programs nearly a decade ahead of other colleges in the Deep South and before it was ordered by the federal government to do so and the university’s basketball team paid the price.

The rest of the story
The Ind.
by: Dege Legg

[Boomer]

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This article keeps talking about the basketball team's being on probation for 2 years----The basketball team was disbanded for 2 years--and the entire rest of the athletic department was placed under probation though being allowed to compete in certain events that weren't post season. I would need to check specifically, but I think this was the NCAA's sanctions!!!!

[douglas]

boomer you are correct, it was NCAA sanctions and disbanding, not probation. i'll let the author know, doubt he's a sports guy so to the laymen "what's the difference", you know?
in fact after explaining it for about 15 minutes to a friend he replies " wait...so no one was actually killed?"

[CajunRebel]

Thank you everyone for the donations! As of now we are over 1/3 of the way towards reaching our goal!!!

And here's one more thing you can do to help us out. Most people on here have Facebook. You can help us get the word out by sharing the website and Kickstarter campaign with everyone you know on Facebook. Also you can mention it to your fellow Cajun fans that aren't on Facebook. The more people know about the project the better!!!