Baton Rouge High School Dance Band, 1951. Robert Belcher is the band director. Other members include John Butler, Sidney Miller, Freddy Yerings, Mary Alice Gilentine, Brooks Adams, Ed Terrebone, Donald Welsh, Cecil Burgoyne and Bill de Vries. ...
Billy Brooks, Director of the Louisiana Black People Advancement Association, sits on the shoulders of some of his followers and leads a group in shouts of "Black Power". The group formed from a larger group that was holding a rally on the steps of...