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“A Change Is Gonna Come”
Sam Cooke wrote the civil rights anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come” after encountering racial discrimination while on tour in Shreveport.
Sam Cooke wrote the civil rights anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come” after encountering racial discrimination while on tour in Shreveport.
Jazz clarinetist and composer Alvin Batiste was the highly regarded teacher of many noted jazz musicians.
Creole musician Amédé Ardoin’s legacy
A dynamic singer, songwriter, and harmonica player from Claiborne Parish, Rush mixes funk, soul, and blues music and won Grammy Awards in his eighties.
Roots of Fire is the LEH Documentary Film of the Year
The festival celebrates southwest Louisiana’s connections to the francophone world.
Radio staple “Judy in Disguise” has Baton Rouge roots
On location in New Orleans, Elvis staked his claim as an actor
A century and a half for the Reconstruction-era parish
Linda Gail rocks her way out of Jerry Lee’s shadow
Jayne Mansfield's last days in Louisiana.
New Orleans’s answer to Elvira and Joe Bob Briggs
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