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Antoine James, the father of the groom and an Assemblies of God minister, performed the ceremony before 42 guests.Credit.Annie Flanagan for The New York Times
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Friends and family members joined the celebration via Zoom.Credit.Annie Flanagan for The New York Times
In 2019, on the day after Thanksgiving, Mr. James proposed to Ms. Myer in Lafayette, while the couple was in town to celebrate Mr. James’s grandmother’s 90th birthday.
“With a turkey carcass for Aaron’s dog in hand, I walked into a room lit with candles with Leon Bridges’s ‘Beyond’ playing, and I knew what was about to happen,” Ms. Myer said. “I immediately put down the carcass and slipped off the rings I had adorning my left ring finger.”
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03/01/2021
BATON ROUGE, La (press release) – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana State Museum are proud to announce the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s (SITES) exhibition “
The Negro Motorist Green Book” will be on display at the
Capitol Park Museum in Baton Rouge from Aug. 21 – Nov. 14, 2021. Capitol Park Museum will be the only museum in Louisiana where you can view the exhibit.
“The Green Book” was first created in 1936 by Harlem postman Victor Green. The annual travel guide, published until 1967, provided African American travelers with information on restaurants, gas stations, department stores, and other businesses that welcomed Black travelers during the era of Jim Crow laws and “sundown towns” – communities that explicitly prohibited African Americans from staying overnight. “The Green Book” offered critical, life-saving information, and sanctuary.
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