Leonard Brown

Death by Force

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 ...Read More

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