Audio/Visual Resources

DVD La 379.273 D457c
"Award-winning jurnalists John Camp and Bob Courtney, examine the 46-year East Baton Rouge Parish Desegregation lawsuit, the longest running desegregation case in U.S. history."

Rainin' In My Heart: A Blues Mosaic, (1985)

Video La 784.53 R157L
Explores the distinctive form of blues that originated in Baton Rouge. Features artists Silas Hogan, Arthur "Guitar" Kelly, Tabby Thomas, Henry Gray, Moses "Whisperin'" Smith, Kenny Acosta, Buddy Guy, and Raful Neal.

Signpost To Freedom: The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, (2004)

DVD La 323.04 S578L
In 1953, lead by a handful of determined young men and women, the African American citizens of Louisiana's capital city led a quiet revolt. It was the nation's first large-scale boycott challenging segregation, occurring nearly three years before the more famous bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

Selected List of CDs

Angola Prisoners' Blues, (1996)

CD Louisiana Collection

Angola Blues

Angola Prison Spirituals, (2003)

CD Louisiana Collection

Angola Spirituals

Blues From The Swamp, (199-?)

CD Collection, Blues

Thomas, Tabby
"Produced and arranged by Tabby Thomas. Recorded live at Tabby's Blues Box in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Tomb Studios, in Walker, Louisiana. Engineered by Greg Petit." - Back cover of case. Jay Gilmore, Harmonica ; Randy Arlet, Piano ; Sam Hogan, Drums ; Rudolf Richard, Guitar ; Tabby Thomas, guitar/vocals.

Best Of Slim Harpo, (1997)

CD Collection, Blues

Harpo, Slim

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