Music
Slim Harpo
Baton Rouge guitarist, singer, and harmonica player James "Slim Harpo" Moore, one of the last traditional blues musicians to achieve pop success, was an important influence on many 1960s rock bands.
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History
Smithridge
Smithridge, a historically Black community founded after the Civil War by formerly enslaved people, has long served as a communal and economic hub for African Americans in southeast Louisiana.
Foodways
Snoballs
Once peddled by street vendors who hand shaved large blocks of ice, snoballs remain a favorite frozen summertime treat.
History
Société d’Economie et d’Assistance Mutuelle
The Economy and Mutual Aid Association was a New Orleans-based benevolent organization of African descendants that exerted international reach and significant cultural influence.
History
Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup, a free Black New Yorker, was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841, spending twelve years enslaved on Louisiana plantations before regaining his freedom.
History
Son House
The guitar style of Edward James “Son” House has influenced blues musicians since the 1930s.
Architecture
Southeastern Louisiana University
Southeastern Louisiana University, founded in 1925 as Hammond Junior College, was brought into the state system of higher education in 1928.
Art
Southern Art Union
Established in 1880, the Southern Art Union organized southern artists, especially those in New Orleans, to promote an appreciation for the fine arts.
History
Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Chartered in 1880, Southern University is a Historically Black College and University that today offers more than thirty academic programs.
Literature
Southwestern Humor
Southwestern humor is a literary genre that flourished in the southeastern United States between 1830 and 1865.
Government, Politics & Law
Spanish Colonial Louisiana
Spain governed the colony of Louisiana for nearly four decades, from 1763 through March 1803, returning it to France for a few months until the Louisiana Purchase conveyed it to the United States in 1803.
6.10 a.–f. Spanish Colonial Louisiana
By the end of Spanish rule, Louisiana was a stable colonial outpost.
