Louisiana unveils African-American history trail
Louisiana is unique in many ways. The state has a distinct culture and history rooted in the Caribbean, French, African American, Native American, and Cajun traditions. It also has its own legal system based on the Napoleonic Code civil law and is derived from French and Spanish customs rathe...
The founder of an African American history museum in Louisiana was found dead in the trunk of a car on Friday afternoon, police said. The cause of death for Sadie Roberts-Joseph, who was considered an icon in the Baton Rouge community, has not been determined, but two local ...
bought the Louisiana Territoryfrom Bonaparte, who had given up on creating a “New France” in the Americas. Purchased for $15,000,000, the Louisiana Purchase became the single largest land acquisition in American history. It more than doubled the size of the United ...
10% Black or African American 4% Hispanic/Latino 3% Asian 2% Unknown 2% Two or more races Class Size Average class size 18 Maximum class size 30 Class sizes 2-9 students15.6% 10-19 students21.8% 20-29 students27.3% 30-39 students24.6% 40-49 students10.5% 50-99 students0.3% 100+ st...
Louisiana produces the second most natural gas of all American states and 1/3 of the U.S. total. It boasts 2,482 islands, manufactures the most furs in America at 1.3 million per year (otter, mink, and beaver), and harvests the most oysters and crawfish—10 million pounds per annum. ...
In a recent interview with ABC affiliate station WBRZ in Baton Rouge, Roberts-Joseph said her work at the museum and the annual Juneteenth event was meant "to celebrate, to embrace" African American history and to "learn of our past and to be able to move forward in unity." ...
N Miller,RE Shaw - 《Journal of American History》 被引量: 31发表: 1969年 Bulawayo Burning: The social history of a Southern African city 1893-1960 NEW LOW PRICE This book is designed as a tribute and response to Yvonne Vera's famous novel Butterfly Burning, which is set in the Bulaway...
The Opelousas massacre remains one of the harshest examples of African American voter suppression in U.S. history, with estimates of the dead ranging from several dozen to several hundred. Occurring in the run-up to the 1868 presidential election, which pitted conservative Democrat Horatio Seymour ...
ODELL S WILLIAMS NOW AND THEN AFRICAN AMERICAN 538 SOUTH BLVD, BATON ROUGE, LA, 70802-6442 20.888 HISTORIC SPANISH TOWN CIVIC ASSOCIATION PO BOX 3282, BATON ROUGE, LA, 70821 21.038 ROBERT A BOGAN BATON ROUGE FIRE MUSEUM 14158 GREENWELL SPRINGS RD, GREENWELLS SPRINGS, LA, 70739 21.038 FOUNDATI...