Capital Punishment, Petitions, Education Political aspects, Taxation, Automobile Accidents
(00:01-02:28) Protesters present petitions to Governor Edwards to free Gary Tyler who is on death row for the murder of 13 year old Timothy Weber during a 1974 racial disturbance at Destrahan High School when someone shot a gun out of a school bus....
1813 map of the Greensburg District T. 7 S.-R. 1 W. Office of the Surveyor General Charles H. Dickinson, shows United States Garrison Grounds, Spanish Road and North Street. 45 cm x 65 cm.
"A monthly publication of Catfish Town Properties". Newsletter advertising events in the Catfish Town Development. Volume 1 Number 7. August, 1984. 4 pages; 27 cm x 21 cm.
August 11, 1969 Press release from the Office of the Mayor-President addressing recent racial tensions in Baton Rouge. The tensions were the result of the shooting of James Oliney in July of 1969 by Officer Ray Breaux. The night of Oliney's...
August 6, 1969 Press release from the Office of the Mayor-President addressing recent racial tensions in Baton Rouge. The tensions were the result of the shooting of James Oliney in July of 1969 by Officer Ray Breaux. The night of Oliney's...
Bottom Row, second from right, Felton Clark. Standing (l. to r.) 1. John Lewis, 4. Horatio Thompson, 6. Dr. Baranco, 7. Dr. Leo Butler. Album: Social Groups 1
Dr. Alvin Batiste November 7, 1932 – May 6, 2007. Considered a founder of modern New Orleans jazz, Batiste was a long time instructor at Southern University where he created the Batiste Jazz Institute and taught the likes of Branford Marsalis,...
Dr. Louis James Sr. (December 3-1921-November 7, 2007) Graduate of McKinley High School, Southern University and Howard School of Medicine. Served in the United States Army, was a member of Mt. Zion First Baptist Church and was the first African...
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors, Associated General Contractors of America
Mayor Woody Dumas and L.W. Eaton cut the ribbon at the dedication of the new Wooddale facilities for Associated General Contractors of America. January 7, 1969