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...
A-7E Corsair II jet attack aircraft from the Vietnam era on display at the USS Kidd Museum on the Baton Rouge River Front. Dedicated in 1994, this plane was restored through the efforts of Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 488. Taken from the...
Members of the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Round Table Club at the 1948-1949 Convention for the Louisiana Federation of Women's Clubs in Monroe, La. Photo by Earl B. Williams. Original located in the 1940-1950 Round Table Club Scrapbook
Fire fighters, Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America
Fire Chief Edgar LeJeune with fire fighters posing for the Annual Muscular Dystrophy fund campaign. The Baton Rouge Fire Department partnered with the Baton Rouge Chapter of the American Muscular Dystrophy Association every year for the fund drive...