DERRY, La. — Rolanda Teal strode onto the old plantation at Cane River Creole National Historical Park, blowing past a map. The anthropology professor knows this park and its stories. As a student, ...
Did Evelyn Duval, the wife of a Louisiana plantation owner, elope with a runaway slave in 1847? No, that's not true: This story is full of precise details, which lend an air of authenticity - but the ...
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. — Growing up, Dayna James never thought she’d willingly step foot on a plantation, let alone thank God for one. On an early Saturday morning last month, she joined ...
Two Louisiana community groups claiming historic ties to the state's formerly enslaved population along the Mississippi River sued Wednesday for greater access to a plantation-era cemetery on the ...
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Lawsuit alleging environmental racism in Louisiana parish allowed to proceed, federal court says
A federal appeals court says a civil rights lawsuit against St. James Parish over alleged racial discrimination in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” can proceed. A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south ...
A traveling exhibit called "Solomon Northup: Hope of Darkness" is on display at the Alexandria Museum of Art until April 22. The exhibit features a statue of Solomon Northup, a free man who was ...
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