Art
Lee Estes
Photographer Lee Estes is best known for his precise and extensive black and white photographic documentation of vernacular subjects, especially architecture.
Central Louisiana
Central Louisiana Index
Government, Politics & Law
Legalized Gambling
Legalized gambling has played an important cultural, political, and economic role in Louisiana's history from the colonial era to the present.
Government, Politics & Law
Les Petites Nations
Approximately forty ethnically and politically distinct North American Indigenous polities located in the Gulf Coast region and lower Mississippi River valley made up les petites nations.
History
LGBTQ+ Rights Movement in Louisiana
Queer people have long been part of Louisiana’s history, but the political movement for LGBTQ+ rights emerged slowly in the late twentieth century.
Music
Little Walter
Louisiana blues harmonica musician Little Walter Jacobs had his biggest hit with "Juke" in 1952.
Literature
Local Color Fiction
Local color fiction was a literature genre popular with American readers between 1870 and 1900.
Government, Politics & Law
Longism
“Longism” refers to both the political machine and the radical populist doctrine established by Huey Long in Louisiana in 1928.
8.12 h. Longism
The term “Longism” refers to both the political machine and the radical populist doctrine established by Huey P. Long Jr. from the time he was elected governor in 1928 until about 1960.
Archaeology
Los Adaes
The history of the fort, mission, and settlement of Los Adaes reflects both intercolonial rivalry and cooperation among the Spanish, French, and Native Americans who lived along the border of New Spain and French Louisiana.
Government, Politics & Law
Lost Cause
After the Civil War the grief of defeated Confederate supporters became an instrument of defiance and an ideology that justified segregation and white supremacy.
Government, Politics & Law
Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec
French naval officer Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec served as governor of Louisiana between 1753 and 1763.
Government, Politics & Law
Louis Wiltz
Democrat Louis Wiltz served as governor of Louisiana from 1880 until his death in 1881.
