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...
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...
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...
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. Curtis "C.J." Gilliam [1922-1995] was a longtime Civil Rights activist and the first black optometrist in Baton Rouge. A former president of the Baton Rouge chapter of the NAACP, he was the first black Louisianan to enlist in the U.S. Marine...
African Americans, Southern University and A & M College
Dr. Hezekiah Jackson (1917-1979) worked at Southern University as an agriculture instructor; and from 1959 to 1979, served as dean of College of Agriculture.
Baton Rouge (La.), Jemison, T. J. (Theodore Judson), Church buildings
Reverend Dr. T.J. Jemison standing on the steps of Mount Zion Baptist Church, 356 East Boulevard. The church was established in 1858 by Reverends Isaac Palmer and John Brady. The structure shown here was completed in 1954
Baton Rouge (La.), Jemison, T. J. (Theodore Judson), Church buildings
Reverend Dr. T.J. Jemison at Mount Zion Baptist Church, 356 East Boulevard. The church was established in 1858 by Reverends Isaac Palmer and John Brady. The structure shown here was completed in 1954.
Dr. and Mrs. Cary Dougherty and Bishop and Mrs. Iveson Noland attend a meeting of L' Assemblee Francais, a Baton Rouge French Club, at the City Club, July 13, 1968.
Immunization Campaign against polio. (left to right) Dr. Thomas Gladney, Dr. Mullins, ?, Mayor Christian, and City Council member Woody Dumas. Date: August 15, 1962.
Main speakers of the Fire Prevention Week banquet were, left to right Max Fetty, master of ceremonies, Dr. Elwood Rowsey, principal speaker and Fire Chief Robert A. Bogan. 1957