Deaf--Education--Louisiana; Southern University and A & M College--Students; Dance for people with disabilities--Louisiana
Four students do the Bongo Dance at the closing exercises of the State School for Deaf.Kneeling left to right are: Vanzie Jackson, [Kentwood]; Dolores Hall, [Patterson]; Joyce Cooper, [New Orleans] and Bertha Dixon, [Eunice]. The drummer is...
Graduation ceremonies--Louisiana--New Orleans; Southern Univiersity and A & M College--Students
Southern University at New Orleans [SUNO] First graduating class. From left to right: Cecille M. Oliver, Doris Dykes, Wilma Mary Bush, Ella Rose Bush, Doris Candiff, Alton L. Lawson, William Severin, Raymond Parker, Sr., Frank Thomas, Charles...
Deaf--Education--Louisiana; African American singers--Louisiana
Mrs. B. B. Felder directs the Junior Choral Group at the State School for Deaf Closing Exercises. Left to right front row: Joseph Guss (New Orleans), Melvin Dugar (Crowley), Erma Jean Rutledge (Baton Rouge).Back row: Earl Lane Harris (Baton...
Southern University and A & M College--Buildings; Mechanical Building (Southern University, New Orleans, La.)
Southern University at New Orleans - Machine Room. The Mechanical Department at Southern University was initiated on October 7, 1890 and by 1893 it was in full operation and had a three year course of study. There were 27 students in the program....
Leland University owes its existence to the wise forethought and broad generosity of Holbrook Chamberlain, a resident of Brooklyn, New York. Chamberlain came to New Orleans for the purpose of establishing an institution of higher learning for...
The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...
Women--Vocational education--Louisiana--Baton Rouge; Southern University and A & M College--Students
More Southern University at New Orleans students completed the industrial departments-especially the Girls Industrial Department, which was self supporting-than other curriculums during the New Orleans years, 428 out of 720 (combining industrial,...