Sports & Recreation
Rolland Romero
Rolland Romero was the youngest member of the 1932 US Olympic team and the world-record holder in his event at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
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History
Rosalie Courteaux
An important woman leader in the Houma Nation’s history, Rosalie Courteaux defended her people against non-Indian encroachment in the nineteenth century.
Architecture
Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site
Rosedown Plantation in Louisiana is one of the most intact and well-documented examples of a plantation complex in the South.
Music
Rosie Ledet
Accordionist, singer, and songwriter Rosie Ledet is known as the “Zydeco Sweetheart.”
Folklife
Rougarou
The rougarou is one of the most well-known figures in South Louisiana folklore.
8.15 d. Ruby Bridges
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.
History
Sarah Towles Reed
Sarah Towles Reed founded the first teachers union in New Orleans and worked for women's rights, educational reform, the plight of labor, and racial justice throughout her long public life.
Art
Thomas Addison Richards
Artist and travel writer Thomas Addison Richards captured unique natural features of the South, depicting the region's lofty river banks, picturesque live oaks, and lush cypress-filled swampland.
Government, Politics & Law
Thomas Bolling Robertson
The third governor of Louisiana after its admission as a state, Thomas Robertson served from 1820 to 1824.
Art
William Rumpler
William Rumpler (born Johann Wilhelm) was a German portrait and landscape painter active in New Orleans between 1853 and 1866.
Government, Politics & Law
Willie Rainach
Politician Willie Rainach was one of Louisiana's most vigorous opponents of desegregation.
Sports & Recreation
Willis Reed
NBA player Willis Reed first garnered national attention as a standout at Grambling State University.
