Slavery and racism casts a long shadow over ... senior director for philanthropy and community investment at the Louisiana ACLU, told The Independent. “It’s what is owed to Black people ...

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Here is a part of their story of triumph in the face of adversity in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Newton “Newt” Smith was born into slavery on the McCain ...

Angola inmates are again asking a federal judge to stop forced farm labor during extreme heat, arguing the practice is ...

named for an influx of German settlers to Louisiana in the 18th century. As Daniel Rasmussen writes in American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt, the government and ...

The ruling elites fashion the Deep South as a ground zero for repression, but Southerners know we are ground zero for resistance. #immigrationrights #louisiana #palestinemovement ...

“During the colonial period the term was used to designate people of Spanish or French descent born in Louisiana. But as those people interacted with each other and with the slave population, that ...

The parallels between anti-abortion states cracking down on abortion seekers and providers and the slavery fight are hard to miss.

(Louisiana First ... They describe the work assignment, active since 1893, as “modern-day slavery,” pointing to the fact that some inmates are paid as little as two cents per hour for ...