Southern University and A & M College--Students; Activists; Riots & demonstrations;
A.) Point at which students were felled
B.) State Police Tactical Squad
C.) Sheriff's Tactical Squad
D.) Sheriff Squad # 2
E.) Sheriff Squad # 3
F.) Sheriff Squad # 4
G.) Campus Security Squad
H.) State Police Armored Car
I.) Route of Sate Police...
Southern University and A & M College--Students; Activists; Riots & demonstrations;
Sheriff's deputies are moving forward toward the Administration Building, a tear gas canister has just been bowled into the group of students and was immediately thrown back. The canister exploded over the heads of the State Police officers...
Southern University and A & M College--Students; Activists; Riots & demonstrations;
East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's deputies taking positions in front of the Academic Building. The State Police armored vehicle "Big Bertha" is in the background.
Southern University and A & M College--Students; Activists; Riots & demonstrations;
Students gathered in front of and in the doorway of the Southern University Administration Building at approximately 10:30 A.M., Thursday, November 16, 1972 after law enforcement personnel had arrived on the scene. (White smudges on the photograph...
Southern University and A & M College--Students; Activists; Riots & demonstrations;
Gas continues to spread. The students are running from the Administration Building left towards the Auditorium. Moments later, Denver Smith and Leonard Brown, were killed, directly in front of the bush, center photograph.
Southern University and A & M College--Students; Activists; Riots & demonstrations;
Gas canisters launched at students are being tossed back. Most Sheriff's deputies are stooping to don gas masks, others are moving back from Administration Building.
W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963). Scholar, sociologist, poet, novelist, essayist. Class of 1888. Founder and editor of Crisis and Phylon. Authored the American classic, The Souls of Black Folk (1903).
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Washington Technical Institute;
Dennard, Cleveland;
Johnson, Lyndon, 1908-1973;
Morse, Wayne, 1900-1974;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents.
Cleveland Dennard with President Lyndon Johnson, Sen. Wayne Morse (D-OR), and DC Mayor Walter Washington, at the signing of legislation establishing Washington Technical Institute and Federal City College [Public Law 89-791]. Title II of the...
Dennard, Cleveland;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents.
Dr. Cleveland Leon Dennard (1929-1992) was the founding president of the Washington Technical institute, a predecessor to UDC. Dennard was appointed to the post by president Lyndon B. Johnson at a time when the city’s government functions were...
