History
Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield was a renowned R&B songwriter with hits including “Hit the Road, Jack” and “Please Send Me Someone to Love.”
Northwest Louisiana
Northwest Louisiana Index
Art
Photography
Native-born and out-of-state photographers alike have been drawn to Louisiana's swamps and bayous, its historic architecture, its Cajun and Creole cultural traditions, and its diverse and complex society.
Government, Politics & Law
Pierre Le Moyne, sieur d’Iberville
Pierre Le Moyne, sieur d’Iberville, Canadian soldier and explorer, is often described as the founder of the first permanent French settlement in Louisiana.
Government, Politics & Law
Pierre Rigaud Cavagnial de Vaudreuil
Serving as French governor of Louisiana from 1743 until 1753, Pierre de Vaudreuil was popular with the upper-class colonists and French officials for his elegant manners.
Government, Politics & Law
Pierre Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand
Canadian explorer Pierre Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriand, one of the founding fathers of colonial Louisiana, served as acting governor of Louisiana between February 1725 and March 1727.
Business & Industry
Plantation Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana
Enslaved people endured brutal conditions on sugarcane and cotton plantations during the antebellum period.
7.10 j., l. Plantation Slavery in Antebellum Louisiana
During the antebellum period, Louisiana relied on the forced labor of enslaved people to work sugar and cotton plantations.
Literature
Poetry
Louisiana poetry ranges from early francophone works to contemporary compositions.
Government, Politics & Law
Police Juries
A distinct form of government exists in over half of Louisiana parishes
C.11 k. Police Juries
This distinct form of government exists in more than half of Louisiana’s parishes.
Government, Politics & Law
Populism
In the late nineteenth century, Populist Party advocates railed against the prevailing system and urged cooperation among oppressed peoples to secure reform.
8.9. d. Populism
In the late 1800s Americans witnessed a period of rapid industrialization and political transformation that drew some Louisianans to the Populist movement.
