The Baton Rouge Digital Archive from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Interior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Lincoln Theater Box Office
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
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. 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

Interior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Exterior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Interior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Exterior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Exterior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Exterior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Exterior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
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

June 19, 1977: C. DeLores Tucker, Red River Waterway Project, Baker Golf, Electric Cars
Tucker, C. DeLores, Equal Rights Advocates, Red River (Tx. La.), Minorities--Employment, Golf, Electric Automobiles
(00:01-00:51) Louisiana Women's Conference, C. Delores Tucker as keynote speaker discusses the ERA (00:51-01:24) Baker Four Ball Golf Invitational (01:25- 02:01)The Red River Waterway project is opposed by the Louisiana Minority Peoples Council who...
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

Mrs. Heidel Brown Smokes Thanksgiving Turkeys
Junior League of Baton Rouge
Mrs. Heidel Brown tends the birds for 36 hours. She is pictured here basting turkeys in a barbeque pit placed on the porch at her home on Jefferson Highway. The hood over head carries the smoke out doors. Photo by M.L. Tanney. November 18,...
The Junior League of Baton Rouge Collection

Mrs. Margaret Neely
Junior League of Baton Rouge
Mrs. Margaret Neely, Director of the Baton Rouge Speech and Hearing Foundation, works with a pre-school class. Ca. 1965
The Junior League of Baton Rouge Collection

36th Annual Conference of the Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc
Junior League of Baton Rouge
36th Annual Conference of the Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc. In Washington D.C. May, 1958
The Junior League of Baton Rouge Collection

36th Annual Conference of the Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc
Junior League of Baton Rouge
36th Annual Conference of the Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc. In Washington D.C. May, 1958
The Junior League of Baton Rouge Collection

36th Annual Conference of the Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc
Junior League of Baton Rouge
36th Annual Conference of the Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc. In Washington D.C. May, 1958
The Junior League of Baton Rouge Collection

36th Annual Conference of the Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc
Junior League of Baton Rouge
36th Annual Conference of the Association of Junior Leagues of America, Inc. In Washington D.C. May, 1958
The Junior League of Baton Rouge Collection

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