Sports & Recreation
Negro Leagues of Louisiana
The Negro Leagues were the network of African-American baseball teams and players from the 1880s to the integration of baseball in 1946–47.
Southwest Louisiana (Acadiana)
Southwest Louisiana (Acadiana) Index
Music
Nellie Lutcher
Nellie Lutcher was a renowned singer and pianist from Lake Charles.
Geography
Neutral Strip
The Neutral Strip existed outside the governance of either the United States or Spain until 1821.
7.9 e. Neutral Strip
The Neutral Strip existed outside the governance of either the United States or Spain until 1821.
8.13 e. New Deal in Louisiana
The effectiveness of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program in Louisiana was undercut by conflict with US Senator Huey P. Long.
History
New Deal in Louisiana
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal brought jobs and resources to Louisiana during the Great Depression.
Government, Politics & Law
Newton Blanchard
Attorney Newton Crain Blanchard served as one of Louisiana's representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives (1880-1893), an associate justice in the Louisiana State Supreme Court (1897-1904) and governor of the state (1904-1908).
Government, Politics & Law
Non-Unanimous Juries
A segregation-era law voted down in 2018 and deemed unconstitutional in 2020
History
Norbert Rillieux
Norbert Rillieux, a Creole from New Orleans, was an inventor and engineer who designed the multiple-effect evaporation system, a major advancement in the process of sugar refining.
History
Norman C. Francis
Educator and civil rights leader Norman C. Francis served as president of Xavier University of Louisiana for forty-seven years.
Architecture
Nottoway Plantation
Nottoway is one of the largest antebellum houses in the South and the largest surviving plantation house in Louisiana.
Disasters
Nutria in Louisiana
Imported in the early twentieth century for their fur, nutria have exploded into an invasive species that contributes to coastal erosion.
