Leaving for the 1961 Horizon Club Conference in Houston, Tx. are Mrs. William Palmer, Co-coordinator is in charge of the 80 member delegation of the East Baton Rouge Parish Council of Camp Fire Girls; Miss Betty Innes, and Miss Catherine Campbell,...
Mayor President Jack Christian (rear) presides over Woody Dumas' third term on the Metro Council (Dumas resigned to run for mayor). The Council (from left) Goode Smith, Arthur F. Abadie, John Allphin, Bonnie B. Baker, Robert T. "Bobby" clag,...
This trio of Boy Scouts from the Istrouma Area Council (left to right: Paul Tullier, Louis Herrington and Dennis Smith) deliver a poster to R.H. Anderson of J.C. Penny Co. in the Delmont Village Shopping Center for Fire Prevention Week, 1961
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On December 15, 1961 approximately 2000 people peacefully marched through downtown Baton Rouge to protest the arrest of 23 Southern University students the day before for picketing restaurants that continued to refuse to serve African Americans. ...
On December 15, 1961 approximately 2000 people peacefully marched through downtown Baton Rouge to protest the arrest of 23 Southern University students the day before for picketing restaurants that continued to refuse to serve African Americans.