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,...
Mayor Dumas with the East Baton Rouge Parish Youth Council (from left) B. Michael Schneider, Veronica Mitchell, Tara "C.C." Landry, Susan LeBeau, Terri Thorney, Cyndi Pruitt, Rip Moran, and Wayne Parent. The Youth Council volunteered to work with...
Prescott Jr. High School 1955-1956 Homecoming Court. Front row: Billie Jean Barnett, Donald Ray Wilson. Second row: Ronnie Fairchild, Phyllis Arnold, Jane Powell, Clark Swarner. Top row: Earl Wayne Babin, Barbara Hyde, Ann Bennett, Charles Smith