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Southern University

West 300 yards is first state negro institution of higher learning. Founded New Orleans 1880; became land grant college in 1890; moved to Baton Rouge 1914 with Dr. J. S. Clark, founder, as first president.

Located in Scotlandville, District 61, Scenic Highway, East Baton Rouge Parish. 203



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