First of a two-part series on controversial southern politician David Duke.

David Duke was a former Ku Klux Klan leader who was elected to a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1989. He received more than 43% of the vote in a race for the U.S. Senate in 1990 and in 1991 ran for Governor of Louisiana. Award winning producer Gary Covino covered that campaign. It was a campaign where the candidate lost, but the issues remain very much alive. In Part One, David Duke’s New Profile, Covino explores Duke’s life in a various racist movements and his sudden prominence on the national political scene. In the process, Covino looks at how Duke tailored his language to make himself into a more respectable political figure. How different were his positions during the gubernatorial race from those in his earlier political career? How much did the Louisiana political establishment accommodate itself to Duke? David Duke’s New Profile and The Latest Crusade received a 1991 Excellence in Broadcast Award from the Sydney Hillman Foundation.

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