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Foraging Wild Sassafras
64 Parishes heads to Kisatchie National Forest to forage for wild sassafras, from which filé is made, with John Colson and Dustin Fuqua.
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Hidden in Plain Sight
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Nueva New Orleans
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Young Satchmo
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Geographer's Space
Putting the “64” in 64 Parishes
A geographical self-assessment
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Young Satchmo
Silent film clip appears to show Louis Armstrong as a teenager
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Hidden in Plain Sight
Japanese internment in Louisiana during World War II
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The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction
64 Parishes hosts a lecture and signing with author Daniel Brook
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En Francais, Pour Toujours
Louisiana Public Broadcasting's francophone archives get preservation help
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Poetry by DeAnna Stephens
The 2019 Tennessee Williams Festival Poetry Contest Winner.
Events
Screening of A Man and His Trumpet: The Leroy Jones Story
The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities invites you to a special screening at a historic location.
Encyclopedia
Sports & Recreation
New Orleans Saints
When it was aired, the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl victory in 2010 was the most-watched television broadcast in history, drawing more than 153 million viewers.
Architecture
A. Hays Town
A talented and prolific Louisiana architect, A. Hays Town shaped the residential architecture in mid-to late twentieth-century Louisiana.
History
African Americans in the Civil War
Louisiana's African Americans, both freed and enslaved, played critical roles in the Civil War.
Literature
Cammie Garrett Henry
Cammie Henry played a central role in Louisiana's artistic and literary communities, as both a patron of the arts and preservationist.
Education
Education
Lin-Manuel Miranda Gives 1,600 Copies of New Garfield Book to PRIME TIME Family Reading Participants
The books will be donated to families attending more than eighty PRIME TIME programs across nine states in Fall 2018
Education
Aunt Dorothy's Teacher Toolkit
First Lady Donna Edwards, LEH, and Louisiana's regional arts councils partner to support arts education.
Government & Politics
Jim Crow & Segregation
In the late nineteenth century, the implementation of Jim Crow—or racial segregation—laws institutionalized white supremacy and black inferiority throughout the South.
Government & Politics
World War II
Like the rest of the nation, Louisiana experienced many changes during World War II. Federal spending during the war helped boost the state's economy from its agricultural collapse following World War I, and new employment opportunities proliferate.
