History
Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
The 1953 Baton Rouge Bus Boycott was an organized, eight-day long protest of the segregated seating system on city buses.
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History
8.15 e. Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
The Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of June 1953 lasted eight days and became a model for organizers of the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Folklife
Congo Square
Congo Square, now Armstrong Park in New Orleans’s Tremé neighborhood, served as a gathering ground for Africans in the early years of the city.
History
Marie Laveau
Marie Laveau was a free woman of color born in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Laveau assumed the leadership role of a multiracial religious community for which she gave consultations and held ceremonies. During her time, she was known as "The Priestess of the Voudous"; among many other colorful titles.
Literature
Pinkie Gordon Lane
Celebrated poet and educator Pinkie Gordon Lane was Louisiana’s first Black poet laureate.
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