History
Centenary College of Louisiana
Centenary College of Louisiana is an undergraduate liberal arts college in Shreveport and the oldest continuously operated private college in the western half of the United States.
Northwest Louisiana
Northwest Louisiana Index
Disasters
Cholera in Louisiana
During the nineteenth century, cholera epidemics caused tens of thousands of deaths throughout the state of Louisiana.
History
Citizens’ Councils
Citizens’ Councils were a loose network of white supremacist, segregationist organizations in the South that organized to preserve segregation.
Government, Politics & Law
Civil War Louisiana
Louisiana seceded from the Union, sent thousands of Confederate soldiers out of state, witnessed occupation, and saw the emancipation of more than 300,000 enslaved people.
7.13 d.-f. Civil War Louisiana
The years between 1861 and 1865 were the most tumultuous five-year span in Louisiana history.
Music
Claude King
Born in Keithville, musician Claude King saw success on stage and screen.
Art
Clyde Connell
Clyde Connell was a North Louisiana artist who gained international attention for her spiritually-charged totemic sculptures.
Government, Politics & Law
Coartación
Coartación was a legal framework during Spanish colonial rule in Louisiana that allowed enslaved people to purchase their freedom.
Disasters
Coastal Land Loss
The gradual loss of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands is a slow-moving disaster largely set in motion by a series of human interventions in natural processes.
Geography
Coastal Master Plan
In response to decades of warnings about land loss, Louisiana released its first Coastal Master Plan in 2007.
Business & Industry
Coastal Restoration
For a state experiencing land loss at an alarming rate, coastal restoration has become an urgent need.
Government, Politics & Law
Compromise of 1877
The Compromise of 1877 refers to an unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 US presidential election and ended congressional Reconstruction.
