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Rediscovering Audley Moore
New Iberia’s forgotten Queen Mother
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Rediscovering Audley Moore
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Born from a Duel
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A Studio of One’s Own
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A Studio of One’s Own
The Joan Mitchell Center’s decade-long impact on New Orleans artists
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An Irish Republican in Louisiana
The life and legacy of J.F.X. O’Brien
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From City Park Stadium to the Arena, via Venus and Mars
The Beatles and Paul McCartney in New Orleans
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64 Parishes Story Finalist for National Award
"King of Olympus" by Robert W. Fieseler received a nomination for a GLAAD Media Award, the most visible & prestigious awards for LGBTQ+ media
Events
64 Parishes Winter Publication Party in Ruston
Join us on December 4 in Ruston to celebrate the release of 64 Parishes’ winter 2025 issue
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64 Parishes Has Eight Finalists for 2025 Press Club of New Orleans Awards
64 Parishes Magazine has received eight 2025 Excellence in Journalism award nominations across seven categories, including Best Magazine, from the Press Club of New Orleans
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64 Parishes Story Receives Top Regional Journalism Award
“A Bar Called Charlene’s” by Robert Fieseler was honored with the Green Eyeshade Award, the top honor distributed by Southerners from the Society for Professional Journalists
Encyclopedia
Disasters
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana and the subsequent levee failures resulted in one of the worst disasters in United States history.
Folklife
Crawfish Boils
Crawfish boils are a springtime ritual in Louisiana.
Folklife
Blessings of the Fleet
At Boat Blessings, a Catholic priest blesses a community’s shrimp boats before the start of shrimp season
History
Sophie B. Wright
A New Orleans educator and civic activist who embodied the complexities and racialized limits of white southern Progressivism.
K-12 Resources
7.13 b. Louisiana's Secession from the Union
The election of Abraham Lincoln and threats to slavery’s expansion were two major factors in Louisiana’s decision to leave the Union.
8.8 c., 8.12 f. Standard Oil
The Standard Oil Company of Louisiana transformed Baton Rouge but found a political opponent in Huey P. Long.
C.9 a. Tunica-Biloxi Tribe
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is one of only four American Indian groups in Louisiana recognized by the federal government.
4.19 b.–c. Paleoindian Period
People from the Clovis culture and San Patrice culture were some of Louisiana’s earliest inhabitants.
