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Paul Breaux was recognized as the first public school in Lafayette Parish to allow Black students to attend, and many people in the community are worried that significant legacy may get lost.
Dr. Gary Joiner, Professor of History at LSU Shreveport, calls Little Union Baptist Church, in the 1800 block of Milam Street, "the epicenter of the Civil Rights struggle in Shreveport." C. O. Simpkins was in the process of transporting activists from the conference when police pulled over his station wagon. He was arrested, as was Reverend Ralph Abernathy (President of the Montgomery Improvement Association), Guy Carawan (Music director at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee), and John Brooks (NAACP Director of Voter Registration.) All the men were held for about an hour and a h...
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SHREVEPORT, La. -- It's a tree, a very old, massive Southern live oak. There are some who say its branches were used for hangings, and worse, public lynchings.
Using a mix of software and techniques, the Tel Aviv-based illustrator merges traditional art with a more modern aesthetic.