
1.8 b. Traditional New Orleans Jazz
Experimenting and improvising are important parts of this American musical form.
Experimenting and improvising are important parts of this American musical form.
A popular term in Louisiana usually tied to the gifting of something small—or a little something extra—with a purchase.
This spicy sauce is made in Louisiana and sold around the world.
Louisiana’s Cajun music has been influenced by a rich blend of musical traditions.
Poverty Point in Louisiana, one of the most significant archaeological sites in in the world, dates to 3,500 years and represents the largest, most complex settlement of its kind in North America.
People of the Tchefuncte, Marksville, Troyville, and Coles Creek cultures lived in Louisiana during the Woodland period.
During the Archaic period, people from the Evans culture built large mounds made of dirt.
People of the Plaquemine, Caddo, and Mississippian cultures lived in Louisiana between 300 and 800 years ago during a time known as the Mississippi period.
Enslaved Africans and people of African descent played key roles in nearly every aspect of the development of Louisiana.
Known today as Isleños, Canary Islanders migrated to southeast Louisiana in the late eighteenth century.
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville, served as governor of Louisiana and founded the city of New Orleans.
In colonial Louisiana free people of color developed thriving communities and had access to privileges that enslaved people did not.
Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Dunbar-Hunter Expedition to explore and document the lower regions of the Louisiana Territory.
The post-Civil War period is known as the Reconstruction era, when the former Confederacy was brought back into the Union.
A paramilitary organization aligned with the Democratic Party, the White League played a central role in the overthrow of Republican rule and intimidation of African Americans in Louisiana during Reconstruction.
Two French brothers notorious for smuggling and slave trading also participated in the Battle of New Orleans.
New Orleans–born musician Louis Armstrong helped introduce jazz to global audiences.
Ruby Bridges, along with Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost, was one of the first Black students to desegregate an all-white public school in New Orleans.
The Federal Art Project and Federal Writers Project helped employ out-of-work artists and writers during the Great Depression.
The Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of June 1953 lasted eight days and became a model for organizers of the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is one of only four American Indian groups in Louisiana recognized by the federal government.
The French Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law in France, becoming a model legal framework for jurisdictions around the world, including Louisiana.
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is the largest of four federally recognized tribal governments in Louisiana.
This distinct form of government exists in more than half of Louisiana’s parishes.
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