Founder of L’Union, the South’s first Black-owned newspaper, as well as the New Orleans Tribune, America’s first Black daily, Louis Charles Roudanez was a staunch abolitionist and advocate for the liberation of all Black people.
Democrat Louis Wiltz served as governor of Louisiana from 1880 until his death in 1881.
Following the Civil War, Black and white Republicans produced the Louisiana Constitution of 1868, which many regarded as one of the most progressive legal documents produced in the South during Reconstruction.
Bourbon Democrats suppressed democracy and restored white supremacy in the Louisiana State Constitution of 1898.
Louisiana has had ten state constitutions since 1812, with the current governing document dating to 1974.
An interracial organization formed at the height of the Great Depression, the Louisiana Farmers’ Union sought to provide assistance to Louisiana farmers.
Beginning in 1868, the Louisiana Lottery operated with much controversy and opposition until 1897.
More than a century of existence makes Pineville’s Camp Beauregard, renamed the Louisiana National Guard Training Center in 2023, one of the oldest training camps in continuous operation in the nation.
Centered on a blue field, the Louisiana State Flag features a nest of pelicans above a white banner, or ribbon, inscribed with the state motto: “Union Justice Confidence.”
Founded in the early nineteenth century during a time of radical penal reformation, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is one of the nation's largest prisons.
Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, although many in the state opposed the decision.
Luis Unzaga was the third Spanish governor of Louisiana, serving from 1769 until 1777.
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