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...
The steel, geodesic dome was completed in 1958. Designed by designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, it was constructed by the Union Tank Car Company for use as a car barn. The dome had a diameter of 384 feet, at the time it was built, it was...
The steel, geodesic dome was completed in 1958. Designed by designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, it was constructed by the Union Tank Car Company for use as a car barn. The dome had a diameter of 384 feet, at the time it was built, it was...
The steel, geodesic dome was completed in 1958. Designed by designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, it was constructed by the Union Tank Car Company for use as a car barn. The dome had a diameter of 384 feet, at the time it was built, it was...
The steel, geodesic dome was completed in 1958. Designed by designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, it was constructed by the Union Tank Car Company for use as a car barn. The dome had a diameter of 384 feet, at the time it was built, it was...
The steel, geodesic dome was completed in 1958. Designed by designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, it was constructed by the Union Tank Car Company for use as a car barn. The dome had a diameter of 384 feet, at the time it was built, it was...
Statue of Atlantis from the Paramount Theatre, Baton rouge, La. The Paramount theatre built in 1920 by W.A. Prather was demolished by members of the Hart family in 1979 against huge public out cry. It was replaced by a parking lot.
Immunization Campaign against polio. (left to right) Dr. Thomas Gladney, Dr. Mullins, ?, Mayor Christian, and City Council member Woody Dumas. Date: August 15, 1962.
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
Sugar cane workers face difficulties and retribution for speaking out against working conditions that have remained much the same since the days of slavery. Views of cane fields, sugar mill, Patoutville, La.