Foundation photos
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Barbara and Tyrin Truong
Barbara Hicks Collins congratulates Mayor Tyrin Truong at his inauguration on 1/7/2023. Truong is the first Black man to be elected mayor of Bogalusa, as well as Bogalusa's youngest mayor at age 23.
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Barbara Hicks Collins and Sally Ann Roberts
Barbara Hicks Collins and legendary newscaster Sally Ann Roberts at the inauguration of Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Truong on 1/7/2023.
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Barbara Hicks Collins and Reverend Stanley Nathaniel
Barbara Hicks Collins with foundation board member Reverend Stanley Nathaniel at the inauguration of Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Truong on 1/7/2023.
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Barbara Hicks Collins with Tamira Moss-Smith and Gloria Kates
Barbara Hicks Collins with Bogalusa Councilwomen Gloria Kates and Tamira Moss-Smith at the inauguration of Mayor Tryin Truong, 1/7/2023.
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Barbara Hicks Collins and Ned Thomas
Barbara Hicks Collins with Washington Parish President Ned Thomas at the inauguration of Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Truong on 1/7/2023.
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Truong inauguration
L-R: Bogalusa Councilwoman
Tamira Moss-Smith, Louisiana State Rep Malinda White, Barbara Hicks Collins and Washington Parish Sheriff Randy Seal at the inauguration of Mayor Tyrin Truong on 1/7/2023.
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Robert "Bob" Hicks Day, 2018.
Mrs. Valeira Hicks and Mrs. Willene Ellzey look on as Barbara Hicks Collins speaks at the tolling of the bell on Robert "Bob" Hicks Day
at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Bogalusa.
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Robert "Bob" Hicks Day, 2018.
Robert Lawrence Hicks, Elder Christopher Matthews and Mrs. Valeira Hicks at the tolling of the bell on Robert "Bob" Hicks Day
at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Bogalusa.
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Robert "Bob" Hicks Day, 2018
Robert Lawrence Hicks, Barbara Hicks Collins and Mrs. Willene Ellzey at the tolling of the bell at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Bogalusa. Mrs. Ellzey was honored by the Hicks Foundation as the first Black woman to work with customers at a laundry in Bogalusa. Previously Black workers were only allowed to work in the back of the laundry, washing clothes.
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Martin Luther King Day of Service, 2018.
L-R: Chaplain Grace Ziegler, Barbara Hicks Collins, Sheriff Randy Seal, Cullen Cotton and Kadaria Livingston.
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ROTC student volunteers
ROTC student volunteers outside the Hicks House on the Martin Luther King Day of Service, 2017.
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NPS Grant Announcement in 2018
Mrs. Valeira Hicks, Barbara Hicks Collins and Deacon Fletcher Anderson outside the Hicks House.
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Land marker unveiling march, 2014.
Bogalusa March celebrating the unveiling of the Hicks House land marker in 2014. L-R: former State Senator Ben Nevers, Amaya Robertson, Mrs. Valeira Hicks, Bogalusa Councilwoman Gloria Kates, Elder Christopher Matthews. Photo by Olivia McClure.
Mrs. Valeira Hicks and her great-granddaughter Amaya Robertson lead a Bogalusa march. She holds poster of Robert Hicks, others hold cardboard signs: "Foot Soldiers of Justice" and "1965 Voting Rights, 1964 Civil Rights, 1890, Separate but Equal."
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Land marker unveiling march, 2014.
Bogalusa March celebrating the unveiling of the Hicks House land marker in 2014. L-R: Former State Senator Ben Nevers, Amaya Robertson, Mrs. Valeira Hicks, Elder Christopher Matthews. Photo by Olivia McClure.
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Unveiling of Historic Land Marker, 2014
The Hicks family, Hicks Foundation directors and Bogalusa community members gather to celebrate the unveiling of the Hicks House land marker in 2014.
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Barbara Hicks Collins
Barbara Hicks Collins in front of the Hicks House. Photo by Alyssa Berry.
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Deacon Reese Perkins interviewed by Heath Allen
Reese Perkins, an original member of the Bogalusa Deacons for Defense and Justice, interviewed by Heath Allen of WDSU-TV at the NPS grant announcement in 2018.
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Mrs. Valeira Hicks in Hicks House
Mrs. Valeira Hicks looks out the window of the Hicks House where she and her husband sheltered civil rights workers and helped lead the fight for equality and justice, 2018.
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Land marker unveiling march
Bogalusa March celebrating the unveiling of the Hicks House land marker in 2014. L-R: Ken Peters, former State Senator Ben Nevers, Mrs. Valeira Hicks, Kadaria Livingston. Photo by Olivia McClure.
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Robert "Bob" Hicks Day, 2018
McArthur Slocum, Willene Ellzey, Charles Hill, Roderick Robinson, Fletcher Anderson at the tolling of the bell at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Bogalusa on Robert "Bob" Hicks Day, 2018.
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Mrs. Valeira Hicks and Charles Hicks
Mrs. Valeira Hicks and her son Charles Hicks at the Hicks Foundation's Legends and Trailblazers celebration in 2018.
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Family of Deacon Sam Barnes
The family of Bogalusa Deacon for Defense Sam Barnes accepts an honor in his name at the Hicks Foundation's Legends and Trailblazers celebration in 2018.
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Tamika Collins Livingston and Kadaria Livingston
Robert Hicks' granddaughter Tamika Collins-Livingston and his great-granddaughter Kadaria Livingston at the Legends and Trailblazers celebration in 2018.
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Mrs. Loreane Luter and Mrs. Valeira Hicks
Foundation board member Mrs. Loreane Luter with her daughter and Mrs. Valeira Hicks at the foundation's Legends and Trailblazers celebration in 2018.
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Robert "BOB" Hicks street sign
Photo by Olivia McClure.
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