Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the largest historically Black college in the state of Louisiana. In 1970, over 10,000 Black students attended the university. Although the school president and most of the administration were Black, the university itself was under the control of the Louisiana State Legislature. The state spent only half as much money on the Black students and their facilities as they did on the white students in predominantly white colleges and universities. Continue reading Revisit: THE 1972 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SHOOTING