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Dew Drop Social & Benevolent Jazz Hall
A rural jazz hall in the early twentieth century, the Dew Drop Social & Benevolent Jazz Hall experienced a revival in the early twenty-first century.
A rural jazz hall in the early twentieth century, the Dew Drop Social & Benevolent Jazz Hall experienced a revival in the early twenty-first century.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band began in 1977 as the Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club by blending the music and culture of traditional New Orleans brass bands with social and pleasure club second lines.
Dogtrot houses, like those found in North Louisiana, are composed of two enclosed buildings separated by a passage that is open at the front and back; the so-called dogtrot.
In 1946, Benedictine artist Dom Gregory de Wit began working on his brilliantly colored, large scale murals for the St. Joseph Abbey near Covington, Louisiana.
The domestic slave trade, central to the economic growth of Louisiana, destroyed enslaved people’s families, wreaked havoc in their communities, and killed many, despite their attempts to resist.
Dorothy Dix, the pseudonym of Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, was a writer and immensely popular advice columnist in the early twentieth century.
Dr. John was an important New Orleans-born rhythm and blues singer, composer, and keyboardist.
Louisiana drama, like all Louisiana literature, is a rich and diverse subject.
The Dunbar-Hunter Expedition was commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore and document the lower regions of the Louisiana Territory.
Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Dunbar-Hunter Expedition to explore and document the lower regions of the Louisiana Territory.
Horse racing jockey Eddie Delahoussaye won five Triple Crown races and is a member of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
French impressionist painter Edgar Degas stayed with his Creole relatives in 1872 and 1873, and did some of his important works in New Orleans.
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