The march, known as the Bogalusa Civil Rights March, took place in 1967, four years after the March on Washington. Started by activist A.Z. Young, the 10-day march was a protest against the ...

Hicks’ father, Robert Hicks, a legendary civil rights activist ... worn by women who participated in the 105-mile protest march from Bogalusa to the state capital of Baton Rouge in the summer ...

Armed Deacons units quietly sprang up throughout the region, protecting civil rights activists and ... and well-wishers on a four-block march from Bogalusa’s Bethlehem Baptist Church to the ...

Hicks joined with civil rights activists A.Z. Young and Gayle Jenkins to help lead the Bogalusa-to Baton Rouge March in 1967. The march grew from 25 to 600 people over the course of its 105-mile ...

He helped conduct daily marches to protest ... in a crusade that thrust Bogalusa into the national spotlight. The Hicks family opened their home to white civil rights workers and national figures ...

Rob Hinton first reports on some of the major civil rights marches in the state: the 1967 Bogalusa Civil Rights March; the 1980 Survival Day Rally at the State Capitol; and the 1982 voter ...

the Bogalusa Voter and Civil League continued their struggle when they embarked on a 105-mile long march to the Louisiana State Capitol building in Baton Rouge. Civil Rights activist A.Z. Young ...

This marker, located at A.Z. Young Park in Baton Rouge, honors the first, and longest march at 105 miles, in the Civil Rights Movement. The Bogalusa to Baton Rouge Civil Rights March started 54 ...

The march, known as the Bogalusa Civil Rights March, took place in 1967, four years after the March on Washington. Started by activist A.Z. Young, the 10-day march was a protest against the ...