Folklife
Leather Britches Smith
The legendary outlaw Charles “Leather Britches” Smith is best known for his armed defense of his fellow union members during the Grabow Riot of 1912.
Southwest Louisiana (Acadiana)
Southwest Louisiana (Acadiana) Index
Art
Lee Estes
Photographer Lee Estes is best known for his precise and extensive black and white photographic documentation of vernacular subjects, especially architecture.
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.
Folklife
Legend of Evangeline
The legend of a displaced Acadian couple, Evangeline has played an important role in Louisiana history and culture despite its fictional nature.
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.
Business & Industry
Liberty Theatre
The historic theater in Eunice entertained generations as a movie theater, vaudeville house, and home of Rendez-vous des Cajuns.
Architecture
Lighthouses
Installed in the 1800s, Louisiana's lighthouses were not only among the state's most visually dynamic buildings, but also provided a vital service for commercial mariners.
Architecture
Live Oaks Plantation
The plantation chapel at Live Oaks, built for the enslaved workers in 1840, is the last to survive in Louisiana.
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.
