American Artists Professional League, Community arts projects, Printed ephemera
Advertisement for American Art Week Celebration at the Old Governor's Mansion. Celebrated annually in the first week of November. Sponsored by the American Artists Professional League beginning in 1930. Each year, hundreds of applicants from all 50...
Integration at Istrouma High School. Two unidentified African American girls get their lunch at Istrouma High School in Baton Rouge. Three African American students integrated the school in September 1963 without incident.
American Legion Nicholson Post 38 Baseball Team. First Louisiana State Champions. Kneeling (l. to r.) Jimmy Achord; bat boy, Craig Clement, Maurice Loup, Herbert Cowart, Eddie Schmitt, Irwing Felps, and Melvin Jones. Second Row: Earl Barron,...
American Dairy Princess Contest Program. Held at the Capital House Hotel, Baton Rouge, La. Sponsored by the American Dairy Association, the State of Louisiana and the City of Baton Rouge. November 11-15, 1958
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors, Daughters of the American Revolution
Anita Ponder (left) and Beulah Bates (right) award Mayor Dumas one of only three Daughters of the American Revolution Honor medals ever awarded. March 8, 1979
American Delegation being received by the President of Peru. (Left to right) Charles Ertola, Adolfo Dammert, Mayor Louis Solari; San Jose, Ca, Councilman W.H. Bernhard; Baton Rouge, La. Mayor James Kinsella; Hartford, Ct., Jack Christian,...
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...
Picket Against Integration at Istrouma High School. Police take a sign from a white picket in front of Istrouma High School in Baton Rouge as four African American students integrated the school. September 3, 1963
African Americans, Bicentennial Commission, Port Hudson (La.) History Siege, 1863
The Black Man in the Civil War. Taken from Charles H. Wesley and Patricia W. Romero, International Library of Negro Life and History; Negro Americans in the Civil War. Published in Baton Rouge as part of the American Bicentennial celebration. Ca....
Members of the Spinsters Club and the Southern Club at the Annual Summer party for both organizations. Held at the American Legion Hall August 31, 1968 l. to r. Diane Charlton, Ken D. Valentine, Judy Simons and Rusty Blix. Original located in...
African Americans--History, Printed ephemera, African American football players
A Tribute to Eddie G. Robinson "One Man's Influence and Achievements". Eddie Robinson (February 13, 1919 - April 3, 2007). Born in East Feliciana Parish, graduate of McKinley Senior High School and Leland College, he received his Master's Degree...