After the Civil War, the Freedmen’s Bureau sought to provide social services to newly freed people, regulate contracts between laborers and employers, and protect citizens’ civil rights.
Freeman & Harris Café was a Black-owned restaurant that served as a pillar of Black social, cultural, and political life in Shreveport.
An American effort to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory was hindered by a log jam on the Red River and two hundred Spanish troops.
The period of French colonial control of Louisiana dates from 1682 to 1800.
In the 1920s, a bohemian scene emerged in the French Quarter of New Orleans that contributed to its preservation and revitalization as a tourist destination.
Since the mid-twentieth century, LGBTQ+ residents of Louisiana have contributed unique traditions to Mardi Gras celebrations.
During World War II General Claire Chennault led the Flying Tigers, a group of American volunteer pilots who assisted the Chinese Air Force.
General George Shepley became the military governor of federally-occupied Louisiana in June 1862 and served until March 1864.
Georgia Johnson was a businesswoman and civil rights activist in Alexandria from the 1920s to the 1960s.
Enslaved people from Louisiana sugar plantations staged the largest slave revolt in United States history in 1811.
Germantown was a utopian colony founded in 1835 by a breakaway sect of the Harmony Society in what is today rural Webster Parish near the town of Minden.
The visit of General Lafayette to the United States in 1824–1825 was the occasion for a yearlong celebration unmatched in American history.
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