Government & Politics
Alvin King
Alvin King served as governor of Louisiana for five months during a political power struggle between Huey P. Long and Lieutenant Governor Paul Cyr.
East Baton Rouge
Art
Andrew Lytle
Based in Baton Rouge, early photographer Andrew Lytle spent a half-century chronicling the quotidian and exceptional events and faces of the city.
Art
Anna Williams
Anna Williams was a self-taught quilter, considered to be one of the twentieth century's most significant fiber artists.
History
Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott was an organized, eight-day long protest of the segregated seating system on city buses.
Music
Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra
The Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra is eighty-five to ninety musicians strong, and plays more than sixty concerts in twelve different venues annually.
Sports & Recreation
Bob Pettit
When Louisiana's Bob Pettit retired from the National Basketball Association in 1965, he was widely regarded as an all-time great and had earned two Most Valuable Player awards.
Music
Buddy Guy
Guitarist and singer George "Buddy" Guy, who was born in Louisiana, is the major living link to the electric Chicago blues sound of the 1950s and 1960s.
Literature
Cleanth Brooks
Cleanth Brooks, one of the foremost American literary critics of the twentieth century, spent fifteen years as a professor in the English Department at Louisiana State University (LSU).
History
Delphine Dupuy
Delphine Dupuy was a civil rights activist in Baton Rouge who was one of the founding members of the Baton Rouge branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1929.
Music
Dinos Constantinides
Dinos Constantinides' orchestral works have been performed to rave reviews by symphony orchestras throughout the world, including premiers at Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Government & Politics
Earl Long
Earl Kemp Long served three nonconsecutive terms as Louisiana governor.
Sports & Recreation
Ham Richardson
Ham Richardson was one of the top-rated mens tennis players in the world in the 1950s.
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