The 12-Year-Old Journalist Who Grilled David Duke

In 1989, a Black 12-year-old girl in New Orleans found the David Duke phenomenon, and Duke himself, hard to comprehend. So she called Duke on the phone to ask him some questions.

In this Slow Burn interlude: how a budding journalist outdid the professionals. Plus, why we won’t be interviewing David Duke for our series.

Season 4 of Slow Burn is produced by Josh Levin and Christopher Johnson. Mixing by Paul Mounsey. Slow Burn’s production assistant is Madeline Ducharme and Sophie Summergrad is the podcast’s assistant producer.

Sources for This Episode

Books:

Powell, Lawrence N. Troubled Memory: Anne Levy, the Holocaust, and David Duke’s Louisiana, University of North Carolina Press, 2019 (originally published in 2000).

Saslow, Eli. Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist, Anchor Publishing, 2018.

Articles:

Collins, K. Austin, “How Topher Grace Nailed BlacKkKlansman’s Toughest Role: the Smiling Face of White Supremacy,” Vanity Fair, Aug. 9, 2018.

Manchester, Julia. “David Duke: Charlottesville protests about ‘fulfilling promises of Donald Trump,’ ” The Hill, Aug. 12, 2017.

Maraniss, David. “Winning Support With a White-Power Image,” Washington Post, Feb. 14, 1989.

Audio:

Burnett, Jo-Anna K. “David Duke Interview,” March 12, 1989.

Film and TV: 

Lee, Spike. BlacKkKlansman, 2018.

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