Tulane University and the Tumultuous Sixties

The sixties were a tumultuous time in America and at Tulane University. Segregation was practiced openly in the Deep South until the latter part of the decade. Opposition to the Vietnam War and support for Civil Rights spawned demonstrations, sit-ins, picketing and boycotts. Tulane also enjoyed some of the mellower aspects of the sixties. The influences of the hippie subculture were evident in happenings and art fairs on campus. The theater scene was robust and there were free-form talent shows and student productions each year. The music scene was influenced by jazz, rock and roll and folk music. And there was Mardi Gras with its raucous parades and wild costumes.
Ron Scott was a student at Tulane during this period from 1963 through 1967. As staff photographer for the student newspaper the Hullabaloo and the yearbook Jambalaya, he photographed almost everything that went on at Tulane.
Featuring images from his archival collection this video will take you back 50 years to those tumultuous and joyous times.