Architecture
Louisiana State University Rural Life Museum
The LSU Rural Life Museum is an outdoor complex of southern rural vernacular buildings located in Baton Rouge.
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Art
Margaret Frances Robinson
In addition to her lavish set designs, artist Margaret Frances Robinson brought to post-World War II New Orleans remarkable training and talent in painting street views of her French Quarter neighborhood.
History
Martha Gilmore Robinson
Martha Gilmore Robinson worked in New Orleans for five decades on to improve local government and promote historic preservation.
Art
Noel Rockmore
Noel Rockmore moved to New Orleans in 1959 and established himself in the French Quarter where he painted portraits of jazz musicians in the early 1960s.
History
Norbert Rillieux
Norbert Rillieux, a Creole from New Orleans, was an inventor and engineer who designed the multiple-effect evaporation system, a major advancement in the process of sugar refining.
History
Rap, Hip-Hop, and Bounce Music
Rap, hip-hop, and bounce are musical genres that developed in New Orleans beginning in the late 1980s.
Government, Politics & Law
Reconstruction
The post-Civil War period in US history is known as the Reconstruction era, when the former Confederacy was brought back into the Union.
7.14 a., d., f.-g., i. Reconstruction
The post-Civil War period is known as the Reconstruction era, when the former Confederacy was brought back into the Union.
Foodways
Red Beans and Rice
Traditionally served on Mondays in New Orleans, red beans and rice is an economical dish that has become a staple throughout Louisiana and the Gulf Coast.
History
Red River Campaign
In the 1864 Red River Campaign, Union troops attempted but failed to surround Confederate forces in northwestern Louisiana.
Geography
Red River Raft
The Great Raft was a thousand-year-old logjam in the Red River that prevented transportation downriver to New Orleans.
History
Red Shoes (Shulashummashtabe)
Shulashummashtabe (Red Shoes in English; Souliers Rouges in French) was a Choctaw warrior, diplomat, and trader whose actions sparked the Choctaw Civil War from 1747 to 1750.
