Ouachita Parish History Tidbits

Tag: African-American History

  • Monroe Colored High School Football Team, 1951

    Record: 7-1-1! Held opposing teams to only 59 points that season. Pretty dominant team back then!

  • Faculty of Monroe Colored High, 1951

    The next four images from the yearbook are the Faculty pages. Take a look at some of the names. Carroll. Facen. Willis. B.D. ROBINSON! just to name a few. Big…

  • A Found Priceless Treasure!

    Saturday, I happened to be shopping in Antique Alley. I have one favorite store that never disappoints me. This time was no different. Tucked in a pile of yearbooks, was…

  • Rev. “Groaning” Smith at a Monroe Church

    I saw this photo: https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/state-lwp%3A3078 several years ago and wondered about the pastor. I still don’t know which church this was taken in. It dates to the 1930’s and was…

  • Front Cover of Morris Henry Carroll’s Funeral Program

    This came in the other day and I was struck by how well this captures this great educator’s persona. Mr. Carroll, of course, was the principal of Monroe Colored High…

  • The Story of a Colonial African-American in Ouachita Parish

    I told you many months ago about Zadoc Harmon, a free man of color who lived in Ouachita Parish when it was still part of France and later Spain’s territory.…

  • African-American Funeral Programs – The New Index

    Several weeks ago, I published the index to the first fifty volumes of Ouachita Parish funeral home programs the Genealogy Department has collected over the years. When my colleague retired…

  • Robinson Business College, 1946

    Over the next few days, I will be posting some photos that we need help identifying. If you recognize anyone in the photos, come by the library on 18th or…

  • Beta Mu Theta Sorority

    Over the next few days, I will be posting some photos that we need help identifying. If you recognize anyone in the photos, come by the library on 18th or…

  • Carver Library

    This is a rare shot of Monroe’s first African American library. This building was formerly used as an office building at Selman Field. It was moved to Powell and opened…