- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Dr. Greggs, Isaac Ben, American, 1929 - 2014
- Subject of
- The Human Jukebox, American, founded 1969
- Southern University and A&M College, American, founded 1880
- Date
- ca. 2000
- Medium
- wood and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W (width at handle): 12 1/4 × 3/4 in. (31.1 × 1.9 cm)
- Description
- A baton used by Dr. Issac Ben Greggs, the Director of the Southern University - Baton Rouge marching band nicknamed "the Human Jukebox." The baton has a white plastic stick and a varnished, light brown wooden handle that is smoothly rounded at its base. The stick of the baton tapers towards the tip, away from the handle. Dr. Greggs used the baton to direct The Human Jukebox during games and performances.
- Place used
- Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Musical Instruments
- Topic
- American South
- Associations and institutions
- Conductors (Musicians)
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Marching bands (Music)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mrs. Rose Greggs in loving memory of her husband Dr. Isaac Ben Greggs
- Object number
- 2016.21.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




