My Dad: The U.S. Attorney
Title
My Dad: The U.S. Attorney
Format
Video
Subject
The connection between Us. Attorney Nolan Paige and New Orleans
Description
Nolan Paige was discussing his connection with New Orleans and how the city affected him and his occupation.
Creator
Daylan Paige
Source
My Nola My Story via youtube
Publisher
Mass Communications department at Xavier University of Louisiana
Date
December 3, 2018
Contributor
Daylan Paige
Nolan Paige
Nolan Paige
Rights
My Nola My Story
Relation
My Nola My Story 2018
Language
English
Type
Premiere ,video
Identifier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6dTj-vba8I
Coverage
A Digital Humanities Project by Xavier University of Louisiana Mass Communications department students, led by Dr. Shearon Roberts
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Transcription
(Music)Daylan:(Intro) Good evening lets get started can you tell me a little bit about your personal and academic background
Nolan : Well I was born in Jackson, Mississippi I atteneded Jackson State University in Jackson and Ive taken my Bachelors of English from Jackson State from there I went to Southern Law Center in Baton Rouge where I obtained juris doctorate degree
Daylan:How do those backgrounds connect with New Orleans
?
Nolan:Well my background began connecdting with New Orleans by way of my da, my fathers family is from New Orleans so I spent alot of my summers and many holidays feeling visiting some family here in New Orleans .
Daylan: What did you learn ablout New Orleans while traveling with your dad
?
Nolan: one of the first things I learned is that New Orleans was very much different from where I was from in Jackson Mississippi and I later found it to be very much different than any other place I had visited or lived. The culture is totally different the people, the music, the food and that was the first thing that I noticed about the difference between New Orleans and where I grew up .
Daylan: What made you choose Southern?
Nolan: I chose Southern because I wanted to attend a HBCU, attending Jackson State as a undergraduate. I really enjoyed that experience at a HBCU and Southern was in Baton Rouge which was not to far from where I grew up so it was close enough from home but far enough to home that I felt like I was able to get away from home , something that I wasn't able to get there as a undergraduate because I stayed in Jackson
Daylan: What was college life like at Southern, was there a culture change?
Nolan:There was very much a culture change Id alswars heard that in Lousian that you worked hard but they partied hard thats one of the first things I noticed that the party culture was a lttle bit diffrent from where I grew up so thats one of the first things that I noticed that along with he diffrent foods and the music and the people I found them to be much more colorful
Daylan: Did the parting affect your studies ?
Nolan: early on it did there was a adjustment I have to admit that probably that first semester I probably partied a little more than I should have, but after that intial two or three months I buckled down and I got to bussiness
Daylan: So what dove you to work in New Orleans and how was the adjustment?
Nolan: When I finished law school I needed a job and I was in baton rouge but I reallyly wanted to live in a city so I moved to New Orleans and I had a bfriend who just recommend on a whim that I apply to the Disctric Attorneys Office and also you know in law school I had no idea I wanted to be a prosecuter so I went ahead and appled and got an interview and after getting the interview I was off at the job and within two or three weeks of working at the district attorneys that I realized that I loved it and thats what brought me here to New Orleans.
Daylan: How do you think your job impacts the community?
Nolan: My job has a very much great impact on the community, Im a criminal prosecuter so I work firsthand very very closely with some of the biggest problems that the city has so I work everyday to make New Orleans safer place.
Daylan: NOw that you adjusted, why do you call here home?
Nolan: I call New Orleans home becasue I love it, I left for a short priod of time and it really took that time away from the city for ,me to realize that theres not place like it and I really longed for coming back here so I came back her at the first oppurtunity that I had and I loved it ever since
Credits (Music)
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Nolan : Well I was born in Jackson, Mississippi I atteneded Jackson State University in Jackson and Ive taken my Bachelors of English from Jackson State from there I went to Southern Law Center in Baton Rouge where I obtained juris doctorate degree
Daylan:How do those backgrounds connect with New Orleans
?
Nolan:Well my background began connecdting with New Orleans by way of my da, my fathers family is from New Orleans so I spent alot of my summers and many holidays feeling visiting some family here in New Orleans .
Daylan: What did you learn ablout New Orleans while traveling with your dad
?
Nolan: one of the first things I learned is that New Orleans was very much different from where I was from in Jackson Mississippi and I later found it to be very much different than any other place I had visited or lived. The culture is totally different the people, the music, the food and that was the first thing that I noticed about the difference between New Orleans and where I grew up .
Daylan: What made you choose Southern?
Nolan: I chose Southern because I wanted to attend a HBCU, attending Jackson State as a undergraduate. I really enjoyed that experience at a HBCU and Southern was in Baton Rouge which was not to far from where I grew up so it was close enough from home but far enough to home that I felt like I was able to get away from home , something that I wasn't able to get there as a undergraduate because I stayed in Jackson
Daylan: What was college life like at Southern, was there a culture change?
Nolan:There was very much a culture change Id alswars heard that in Lousian that you worked hard but they partied hard thats one of the first things I noticed that the party culture was a lttle bit diffrent from where I grew up so thats one of the first things that I noticed that along with he diffrent foods and the music and the people I found them to be much more colorful
Daylan: Did the parting affect your studies ?
Nolan: early on it did there was a adjustment I have to admit that probably that first semester I probably partied a little more than I should have, but after that intial two or three months I buckled down and I got to bussiness
Daylan: So what dove you to work in New Orleans and how was the adjustment?
Nolan: When I finished law school I needed a job and I was in baton rouge but I reallyly wanted to live in a city so I moved to New Orleans and I had a bfriend who just recommend on a whim that I apply to the Disctric Attorneys Office and also you know in law school I had no idea I wanted to be a prosecuter so I went ahead and appled and got an interview and after getting the interview I was off at the job and within two or three weeks of working at the district attorneys that I realized that I loved it and thats what brought me here to New Orleans.
Daylan: How do you think your job impacts the community?
Nolan: My job has a very much great impact on the community, Im a criminal prosecuter so I work firsthand very very closely with some of the biggest problems that the city has so I work everyday to make New Orleans safer place.
Daylan: NOw that you adjusted, why do you call here home?
Nolan: I call New Orleans home becasue I love it, I left for a short priod of time and it really took that time away from the city for ,me to realize that theres not place like it and I really longed for coming back here so I came back her at the first oppurtunity that I had and I loved it ever since
Credits (Music)
-Video Ends-
Duration
4:51 (four minutes and 51 seconds)
Producer
Daylan Paige
Director
Dr. Shearon Roberts
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