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Baton Rouge school desegregation leader Robert Williams has died Play Video
July 16, 2019 4:29 PM
BATON ROUGE - Robert Williams, a leader in the desegregation of Baton Rouge public schools, has died. "He was a warrior," NAACP local president Mike McClanahan told WBRZ Tuesday. "He was well versed in the law," McClanahan remembered as he compared Williams to "one of the baddest lawyers," likening... more » -
Rally planned at school board office over graduation ban
May 21, 2016 6:12 PM
AMITE - The Tangipahoa Parish NAACP said it will participate in a rally Monday with friends and relatives of a high school valedictorian who was not allowed to walk across the stage last week because he had facial hair. WBRZ and WBRZ.com first reported about Andrew Jones Thursday .... more » -
David Duke kicked out of LSU hotel Play Video
September 10, 2015 7:25 PM
BATON ROUGE - LSU Police removed David Duke from LSU's Lod Cook Hotel after they said he was asked to leave by the hotel manager during a meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. DEVELOPING: David Duke told by police to leave @lsu campus hotel hosting Daughters... more »