The Baton Rouge National Cemetery is downtown, only about a mile away from the Louisiana State Capitol. The National Register of Historic Places Registration Form said this Civil War-era cemetery ...

Baton Rouge is mourning the loss a World War 2 veteran and civil rights activist who played a key role in the 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott. By WAFB staff Published : Apr. 23, 2022 at 9:13 PM CDT ...

Among the displays is an exhibit on the Baton Rouge bus boycott of 1953. Past visitors raved about the Capitol Park Museum and said you'll need to devote at least half a day to see all the exhibits.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council approved a proposal Wednesday to rezone property at the intersection of Airline and Old Hammond highways to build a Murphy Oil gas station, ...

Author John Scales will be presenting and signing copies of his book, "The Battles and Campaigns of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, 1861-1865," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at ...

The First Civil Rights Bus Boycott Fifty years ago -- and two years before the famed bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. -- black citizens in Baton Rouge, La., staged what's believed to be the first ...