Moore stated that after the Civil War, some of the saddest cases in the homeless community in Louisiana were that of “the old freed women women out with years of slavery.” Joanna wrote that ...

Sixtieth and Sixty-first Indiana infantry, Eighty-third and Ninety-sixth Ohio infantry, and the First Ohio battery, of the Thirteenth corps, and three companies of the First Louisiana cavalry ...

The Freedman’s Bank in Shreveport was the second location in Louisiana. And in case you are curious, the first Freedman’s Bank in the state was in New Orleans. The Shreveport location was one ...

Louisiana, and Fredericksburg, Virginia. There was scarcely a family in the South that did not lose a son or brother or father. As with any civil strife, the war was marked by excruciating ironies.

Apr. 24, 1962 was meant to strike fear in the hearts of those working for equality in Northwest Louisiana. A lakehouse owned by Shreveport dentist and civil rights activist Dr. Cuthbert Ormond (C ...

Civil Rights Investigation Finds Pattern of Excessive Force by Louisiana State Police The Louisiana State Police for years have used excessive force during arrests and vehicle pursuits ...

Federal civil rights investigations are rare, and the inquiry into the Louisiana State Police is historic. According to the DOJ, the investigation was conducted pursuant to the Violent Crime ...

The Civil War, an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and produced in conjunction with WETA, Washington, D.C., first aired in September of 1990 to an ...