Southern University - Baton Rouge, LA
N 30° 31.256 W 091° 11.823
15R E 672988 N 3377893
Marker located on Scott's Bluff, on the campus of Southern University.
Waymark Code: WM86AM
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2010
Views: 4
City of Baton Rouge Historical Marker. Located next to Scott's Bluff marker, on the Bluff, on Leon Netterville Dr. on the campus of Southern University.
Marker Text states:
This institution was established in 1880 under an 1879 constitutional mandate to educate "persons of color". It was originally located in New Orleans, being one of the first colleges for blacks to receive Federal land scrip funds for agriculture and mechanical courses. In 1914 it was removed to this site and reopened with Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark as president.
Marker Name: Southern University
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Other
Parish: East Baton Rouge
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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