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Leonard Brown

Case from Baton-rouge, LA dated Nov 16, 1972

Victim Details

Leonard Brown

Male

Black / African American

Baton-rouge

LA

1972-11-16

20

Leonard

Brown

06/23/2026

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In the fall of 1972, a sense of unrest simmered on the campus of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Students, weary of inadequate funding, dilapidated housing, and a curriculum that they felt lacked sufficient emphasis on the Black experience, organized to demand better conditions. Among the student body was Leonard Brown, a 20-year-old male, who, along with his peers, was swept up in the growing movement for change. The students, united under the name 'Students United,' staged prote ...
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  • A New Documentary Casts a Light on the 1972 Tragedy at Southern University
  • NOLA.com: Slain Southern University students will get degrees -- 45 years later
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