Leah Litman notes that Louisiana v. Callais, which intends to rule the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. is really an attempt to repeal the First Reconstruction, as the VRA came out.
It's a true wonder that Louisiana remains committed to institutionalized racism: When Lloyd Gray stood trial for rape in 1980, two jurors didn’t believe he was guilty and voted to.
This is the grave of William C.C. Claiborne. Born in Virginia somewhere between 1773 and 1775, though in fact we don't know, Claiborne grew up wealthy. He went to the.
This is the grave of Allen Ellender. Born in 1890 in Montegut (what a name!), Louisiana, Ellender grew up in a Catholic family, went to Catholic schools, and then St..
This is the grave of Francis Nicholls. Born in 1834 in Donaldsville, Louisiana, Nicholls grew up in a wealthy Louisiana slaveholding family, part of the plantation class that had transformed.
You know how serious Jeff Landry and the Louisiana legislature is by reading their bill requiring the displaying of the Ten Commandments in classrooms. See, they listed the Commandments in.
The Louisiana legislature, truly run by rogues, has decided to allow children the freedom to work without BIG GOVERNMENT mandated lunch breaks. A Louisiana House committee voted Thursday to repeal.
Of of course this goes public the week before I go on my long-awaited presentation at the Organization of American Historians in New Orleans/Louisiana grave trip. This criminal defamation bill.
