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Emma Wilson Emery
Louisiana’s first and longest-serving poet laureate, Emma Wilson Emery wrote poetry about romance, nature, and anti-war sentiments.
Louisiana’s first and longest-serving poet laureate, Emma Wilson Emery wrote poetry about romance, nature, and anti-war sentiments.
Fred Carter Jr. was an eclectic master guitarist who played on many important recordings.
Freeman & Harris Café was a Black-owned restaurant that served as a pillar of Black social, cultural, and political life in Shreveport.
Hank Williams Jr. is an accomplished country-music star and defiant idealogue.
Henry Adams was a former enslaved person who spearheaded North Louisiana’s first civil rights campaign for African Americans.
Henry Miller Shreve—the namesake of Shreveport—is most remembered for removing the Red River Raft.
Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter is one of the most important grassroots musicians of the twentieth century.
James Burton (born August 21, 1939) is one of the most highly respected and prolific guitarists in contemporary popular music.
A Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, Jericho Brown’s poems explore the complexities of sexuality, Black masculinity, family, religion, and place.
Despite growing up in a region where football was king, Shreveport native Joe Dumars enjoyed a successful career as a player and executive in the NBA.
The Louisiana Hayride was a radio barn dance broadcast from Shreveport’s Municipal Auditorium between 1948 and 1960.
In the 1864 Red River Campaign, Union troops attempted but failed to surround Confederate forces in northwestern Louisiana.
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