8.17 c. Hurricanes in Louisiana
Louisiana hurricanes have played an essential role in the state’s history as recorded from colonization through the present.
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Disasters
Hurricanes in Louisiana
Louisiana hurricanes have played an essential role in the state’s history from colonization through the present and are as memorable as the places and people they impact.
Art
Jacqueline Humphries
The daughter of New Orleans jewelry designer Mignon Faget, Jacqueline Humphries has forged her own internationally recognized career as a painter in New York City.
Government, Politics & Law
Joe B. Hamiter
Joe Busbey Hamiter served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for five months in 1970.
Art
Julien Hudson
Julien Hudson was the first professional African American portraitist in the South.
Music
Kid Howard
Avery “Kid” Howard began his musical career in New Orleans, performing with the Eureka Brass Band and the Tuxedo Brass Band before going on to lead his own group, the Kid Howard Brass Band.
Art
Knute Heldner
Swedish-born artist Knute Heldner emigrated to the United States where he split his time between Duluth, Minnesota and New Orleans.
Architecture
L'Hermitage Plantation
L'Hermitage Plantation in Darrow, Louisiana, stands as a nearly 200 year-old classical revival style home.
Literature
Lafcadio Hearn
Author and journalist Lafcadio Hearn spent a number of years in New Orleans writing about Creole culture.
Literature
Lillian Hellman
New Orleans native Lillian Hellman was the author of several successful plays, as well as her popular memoirs.
Art
Lloyd Hawthorne
Artist Lloyd Hawthorne is best known for his signature painting "Captain Henry Miller Shreve Clearing the Great Raft from the Red River."
Government, Politics & Law
Luther Hall
Before becoming governor of Louisiana, a position he held from 1912 until 1916, Luther Hall served as a state senator, a district judge, and a state appellate court judge.
