Music
Buddy Guy
Louisiana-born guitarist and singer George "Buddy" Guy is the major link to the electric Chicago blues sound of the 1950s and 1960s.
East Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Index
Government, Politics & Law
Buddy Roemer
Charles "Buddy" Roemer III served as the governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992.
Government, Politics & Law
C. C. Antoine
Caesar Carpentier “C. C.” Antoine served as lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1873 to 1877, one of only three individuals of African descent to hold the office during Reconstruction.
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Caesar Carpentier “C. C.” Antoine served as Louisiana’s lieutenant governor from 1873 to 1877.
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).
Architecture
Curtis and Davis Architects
The architectural firm Curtis and Davis designed the Superdome, Rivergate, and other notable buildings in New Orleans and throughout the state.
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.
History
Don Juan Filhiol
Don Juan Filhiol's most noted accomplishments are associated with the European settlement of the Ouachita River Valley and include the founding of the Poste d'Ouachita and Fort Miro, which later became Monroe, Louisiana.
Government, Politics & Law
Earl Long
Earl Kemp Long served three nonconsecutive terms as Louisiana governor.
Government, Politics & Law
Edwin Edwards
Democratic politician Edwin Washington Edwards cast a long shadow over the state's political history.
Art
Elemore Morgan Sr.
Photographer Elemore Morgan, Sr., made an important visual record of mid-twentieth-century folkways, rural life, indigenous architecture, and landscapes in Louisiana.
