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Goodwood, Baton Rouge, La.
No full textPostcard: "Goodwood, Baton Rouge, La." Reverse reads: "Goodwood House was built in 1852 by Dr. S. G. Laycock on two thousand acre Goodwood Plantation, a part of a Royal Grant of the British Crown in 1776 to the Laycock family who still reside in Baton Rouge. The 15 room house was unique in early days in having stationary wash stands and bath tubs with running water.: Published by Harris News Agency, Baton Rouge, La
Pearl George Interview Transcript
No full textBorn as Pearl Brown in Baton Rouge on October 24, 1934, her father left the family when she was 9 years old and she and her three siblings were raised by their mother Florence. Instilled with self sufficiency and personal pride, George went on to graduate from McKinley High School and Totty’s Business School. George married her husband Charles in New Roads, La. in August of 1951. She gave birth to a daughter, Debra on November 24, 1951. Her husband was drafted into the Korean Conflict and killed t on August 29, 1952. Beginning in the early 1960’s George was active in the Civil Rights movement in Baton Rouge participating in the desegregation of lunch counters. Over the years she was arrested multiple times most notably in an attempt to integrate the swimming pool at City Park. She was President of the NAACP youth council and became the first African American woman elected to serve on the Metro Council in 1976. She served two more terms in 1980 and 1984. George was a tireless champion of the Eden Park neighborhood and founded the Eden Park Community Center and helped establish a library on Gus Young Ave. She helped establish the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank in 1982. Died in Baton Rouge on January 5, 1997 and is buried in the Louisiana National Cemetery in Baton Rouge
Pearl George Oral History Audio
No full textBorn as Pearl Brown in Baton Rouge on October 24, 1934, her father left the family when she was 9 years old and she and her three siblings were raised by their mother Florence. Instilled with self sufficiency and personal pride, George went on to graduate from McKinley High School and Totty’s Business School. George married her husband Charles in New Roads, La. in August of 1951. She gave birth to a daughter, Debra on November 24, 1951. Her husband was drafted into the Korean Conflict and killed t on August 29, 1952. Beginning in the early 1960’s George was active in the Civil Rights movement in Baton Rouge participating in the desegregation of lunch counters. Over the years she was arrested multiple times most notably in an attempt to integrate the swimming pool at City Park. She was President of the NAACP youth council and became the first African American woman elected to serve on the Metro Council in 1976. She served two more terms in 1980 and 1984. George was a tireless champion of the Eden Park neighborhood and founded the Eden Park Community Center and helped establish a library on Gus Young Ave. She helped establish the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank in 1982. Died in Baton Rouge on January 5, 1997 and is buried in the Louisiana National Cemetery in Baton Rouge
Map with Street index of Baton Rouge, 1940's
No full textMap with Street index of Baton Rouge ca. 1940's. Distributed by Harris News Agency. 34 in. x 22 in
Third Street, Baton Rouge, La.
No full textPostcard: "Third Street. Baton Rouge, La." Scene from late 1800's
Pearl George Oral History Audio
No full textBorn as Pearl Brown in Baton Rouge on October 24, 1934, her father left the family when she was 9 years old and she and her three siblings were raised by their mother Florence. Instilled with self sufficiency and personal pride, George went on to graduate from McKinley High School and Totty’s Business School. George married her husband Charles in New Roads, La. in August of 1951. She gave birth to a daughter, Debra on November 24, 1951. Her husband was drafted into the Korean Conflict and killed t on August 29, 1952. Beginning in the early 1960’s George was active in the Civil Rights movement in Baton Rouge participating in the desegregation of lunch counters. Over the years she was arrested multiple times most notably in an attempt to integrate the swimming pool at City Park. She was President of the NAACP youth council and became the first African American woman elected to serve on the Metro Council in 1976. She served two more terms in 1980 and 1984. George was a tireless champion of the Eden Park neighborhood and founded the Eden Park Community Center and helped establish a library on Gus Young Ave. She helped establish the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank in 1982. Died in Baton Rouge on January 5, 1997 and is buried in the Louisiana National Cemetery in Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge Airport, 1932
No full textIn 1932 new Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Willard J. Foley Jr.'s orders were to fly his open cockpit pursuit plane from Kelley Field in Texas to Langley Field in Virginia. The flight required a fuel stop at Baton Rouge Municipal Airport at the end of Government Street.
Foley took a picture, top photo, of his family during the stop in Baton Rouge. Foley's family, all from Napoleonville, was at the airport for the young airman's arrival.
Leon J. LeSueur of Napoleonville, who submitted the photograph, identifies the people as, from left, Willard J. Foley Sr., Mary Louise Foley LeSueur, Leon J. LeSueur (retired 23rd Judicial District judge); the late Tom Pugh (former East Baton Rouge Family Court judge); Gertrude A. Foley, Nancy Bryan Foley, Evelyn Foley Pugh, George Pugh (retired LSU Law School professor) and Josephine "Josie" Pugh Foley
1969-1972 City Parish Council of Baton Rouge
No full textMayor Woody Dumas and the 1969-1972 City Parish Council of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish. Seated left to right: William S. Day, Jr., Ken Osterberger, Mayor W.W. Dumas, Calvin Gaynell "Gus" Kinchen, V.M. "Lank" Corsentino. Standing left to right: Gaston Gerald, Stanley J. Gross, Joseph A. Delpit, Roland S. Stevens, Harvey W. Cannon, Jr., and Owen A. Gauthier. Date: ca. 197
Mr. G. Dupre Litton Oral History Audio
No full textMr. Litton was a practicing attorney in Baton Rouge for 37 years, having graduated from LSU Law School in 1942. Recollections of Huey Long and Earl Long’s administrations and brief synopsis of other governors through the 1970’s
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