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- Dr. Leo S. Butler
- African Americans--History
- Dr. Leo Stanley Butler was born August 12, 1899 in Burtville, a small community just south of Baton Rouge. He graduated from Baton Rouge Colored School in 1918. He was the first male to receive a diploma from what became McKinley. He completed both...
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection
- Nelson Mandela at Southern University
- African Americans--History
- Nelson Mandela delivering a Commencement address at Southern University, Governor Murphy J. Foster in back ground. May 13, 2000.
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection
- Everett Williams
- African Americans--History
- Everett Williams Educator Everett Williams , the first black to serve as superintendent of the Orleans Parish School System. Inducted into the Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame in 1990.
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection
- Dr. Leo S. Butler
- African Americans--History
- Dr. Leo Stanley Butler was born August 12, 1899 in Burtville, a small community just south of Baton Rouge. He graduated from Baton Rouge Colored School in 1918. He was the first male to receive a diploma from what became McKinley. He completed both...
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection
- Dr. Charles Vincent
- African Americans--History
- Dr. Charles Vincent. Professor of History at Southern University. Born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, October 19, 1945 .
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection
- Dr. Alvin Batiste
- African Americans--History, Batiste, Alvin
- 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,...
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection
- McKinley Senior High School Football Team, 1960
- African Americans--History, McKinley High School (Baton Rouge, La.), Football
- McKinley Senior High School 1960 Football Team
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection
- Surprise Birthday Party for My Mother
- African Americans--History
- "Surprise Birthday Party for My Mother" by her daughter, son and husband.
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection
- McKinley High School Basketball Players
- African Americans--History, McKinley High School (Baton Rouge, La.), Basketball
- McKinley Senior High School Basketball players ca. 1960
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection
- McKinley Senior High School Basketball Players
- African Americans--History, McKinley High School (Baton Rouge, La.), Basketball
- McKinley Senior High School Basketball players State Champions and National Runners up, 1957
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection
- Barbers at Webb's Barber Shop
- African Americans--History
- Barbers at Webb's Barber Shop. 414 Eddie Robinson, Sr. Drive. Baton Rouge, La.
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection
- Reginald Brown, Sr.
- African Americans, Law enforcement
- Reginald Brown Sr. (b. March 18, 1946) was first elected Baton Rouge constable in 2001 and was re-elected in 2006. Prior to becoming constable, Brown was an East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy. He served 25 years in the East Baton Rouge...
- Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection
- March 28, 1977: Scott Dunbar interview and songs at his home in Woodville, Ms.
- African Americans, Blues (Music), Dunbar, Scott
- Interview with legendary blues man Scott Dunbar (July 1, 1909 - October 1,1994) at his home in Woodville, Ms. Scott worked as a fishing guide on Lake Mary and as a young man played at lodges around the lake. Scott gained wider attention after he...
- WAFB Newsreel Films
- August 30, 1976: Stop Rape Crisis Center, A Baton Rouge Midwife, Conserving Energy in the Schools
- Rape--Prevention, East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools (East Baton Rouge Parish, La.), Energy conservation, Midwives, African Americans,
- Beauregard Town rape , serial rapists, controversy at the District Attorney's Federally funded Stop Rape Crisis Center(00:00-04:10), Baton Rouge midwife (04:11-11:16), conserving energy in Baton Rouge schools (11:17-13:00). Original format is 16 mm...
- WAFB Newsreel Films
- September 3, 1976: Unemployment in Baton Rouge Tied to Lack of Public Transportation
- Unemployment, Transportation
- An investigative report explores the reason behind the unemployment rate in Baton Rouge and why it affects mostly poor African Americans.
- WAFB Newsreel Films