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.
Northwest Louisiana
Northwest Louisiana Index
Art
Lloyd Hawthorne
Artist Lloyd Hawthorne is best known for his signature painting "Captain Henry Miller Shreve Clearing the Great Raft from the Red River."
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.
History
Louise Brazzel Johnson
Union Parish businesswoman, civic leader, and politician Louise Brazzel Johnson was the first woman elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives from her northern Louisiana district.
Folklife
Louisiana Catahoula Leopard Dog
Louisiana's state dog has a distinctive look and personality
Government, Politics & Law
Louisiana Constitution of 1868
Following the Civil War, Black and white Republicans produced the Louisiana Constitution of 1868, which many regarded as one of the most progressive legal documents produced in the South during Reconstruction.
