1956 Gridiron Show Program. A satirical theatrical show put on annually by the Baton Rouge Capitol Correspondents' Association since 1951. Original located in Baton Rouge Room vertical files.
An authentic street map compiled from private surveys, state surveys and official records of East Baton Rouge Parish. Approved by the City and Parish councils as the official street map of East Baton Rouge Parish February 8, 1956. Includes street...
Baton Rouge High School Band, Hi-Steppers, Drum Corps and Boosters perform at the half time of the Bogalusa-Baton Rouge High School Football game in Bogalusa, La. October 5, 1956. Taken from the Baton Rouge High School Band Scrapbook 1956-1957.
Camp Fire Girl Frances Broussard helps her father Evest Broussard to a cold drink at the annual Daughter-Dad picnic at City Park in Baton Rouge, La. The picnic was sponsored by District III of the Leaders Association of the East Baton Rouge Camp...
Dr. Curtis "C.J." Gilliam [1922-1995] was a longtime Civil Rights activist and the first black optometrist in Baton Rouge. A former president of the Baton Rouge chapter of the NAACP, he was the first black Louisianan to enlist in the U.S. Marine...
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Entrance to Leland College, Baker, La. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of...
African Americans--History, Printed ephemera, Leland College (Baker, La.)
First Reunion of Leland College June 27-29,1980. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of...
Hamilton "Ham" Farrar Richardson, right, (August 24, 1933 - November 5, 2006)from Baton Rouge, La. He was the top ranked tennis player in the United States in 1956 and 1958. Richardson was a Rhodes Scholar who attended Tulane University in New...
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Leland College Baker, La. Campus circa 1940. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of...
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Leland College Baker, La. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of promoting Christian...
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Leland College Baker, La. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of promoting Christian...
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Leland College Baker, La. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of promoting Christian...
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Leland College Baker, La. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of promoting Christian...