(a) Game program for the 40th Bayou Classic. The front cover features a full-page color illustration depicting football players and marching band members from Grambling State and Southern University. There are grey and red stripes going across the top it…
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Game program for the 1979 Bayou Classic. The cover of the program is black with yellow text going sideways up the proper right side. It reads [BAYOU CLASSIC]. There is white text at the top which reads [GRAMBLING VS / SOUTHERN]. There is a color image of…
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Game program for the 1989 Bayou Classic. The background of the cover is a marbled black and grey. There is gold colored text at the top which reads [BAYOU CLASSIC XVI / A LOUISIANA TRADITION]. There is a rectangular color illustration surrounded by a thin…
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Game program for the 1998 Bayou Classic. The front cover depicts a faded image of a Grambling State football player and a Southern University football player during a game. There is a subtle repeating line pattern going over the image. There is a grey…
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Game program for the 2001 Bayou Classic. The program features a color photograph of Grambling State and Southern University football players during a game. There is a large American flag above and below the image of the football players. There is a red…
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Game program for the 2010 Bayou Classic. The cover of the program had a thick red stripe going down the center, almost all the way to the bottom of the page. There is a lighter red decorative design on it. There is white text at the top which reads [BIG /…
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Game program for the 39th Bayou Classic. The front cover is a grey-blue color. There is a city skyline silhouette near the top, and the color fades into a light gradient going down the cover. There is a yellow sun-like illustration in the center of the…
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A game program for the 40th Bayou Classic. The front cover features a full-page color illustration of football players and marching band members from Grambling State and Southern University. Across the top are gray and red stripes with [BAYOU] on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.75.2
A game program for the 40th Bayou Classic. The front cover features a full-page color illustration of football players and marching band members from Grambling State and Southern University. Across the top are gray and red stripes with [BAYOU] on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.75.3
Garfield Heard (born May 3, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately at the University of Oklahoma where he was named first-team All-Big Eight as a senior. Heard was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics…
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