East Baton Rouge Parish Reference Librarians Mrs. Robert Hill (foreground) and Miss Caroline Nelson work to answer patron's questions. Taken from 1948-1949 scrapbook. Date: December, 1949
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...
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.