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| Title: | Ku Klux Klan rally on the Louisiana State Capitol steps in Baton Rouge in the 1960s |
| Date: | 1960-1969 |
| Description: | B&W photo, 1960s. Ku Klux Klan members stage a rally on the Louisiana State Capitol steps as a counter demonstration to African Americans and Civil Rights workers. State Troopers and National Guard form a barricade between KKK and crowd. Baton Rouge, La. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Demonstrations--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | African Americans--Civil rights | African Americans--Segregation | Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) | White supremacy movements--Louisiana | Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.) | Louisiana--Capital and capitol | Police, State--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Louisiana. National Guard | Baton Rouge (La.)--Race relations | Segregationists--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge (La.) | East Baton Rouge Parish (La.) |
| Collection: | Louisiana Historical Photographs of the State Library |
| Institution: | Louisiana State Library |
| Contributors: | Louisiana State Library | LOUISiana Digital Library | Louisiana Historical Photographs Collection (LOUISiana Digital Library) |
| Online Publisher: | [Baton Rouge, La.] : LOUISiana Digital Library |
| Original Material: | State Library of Louisiana |
| Rights and Usage: | Physical rights are retained by the State Library of Louisiana. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of the online collection, Louisiana Historical Photographs. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/LHP,5632 |
