Architecture
Bousillage
Bousillage, a mixture of clay and straw or Spanish moss used for insulation, is a distinguishing feature of Louisiana's architectural past.
Southeast Louisiana (Florida Parishes)
Southeast Louisiana (Florida Parishes) Index
Music
Britney Spears
Spears is one of the best-known artists to emerge from Louisiana, having achieved international commercial success at an early age.
Music
Buddy Guy
Guitarist and singer George "Buddy" Guy, who was born in Louisiana, is the major living link to the electric Chicago blues sound of the 1950s and 1960s.
Architecture
Butler Greenwood Plantation
The Butler Greenwood plantation house is built in the Gothic Revival style, popular in the St. Francisville area.
Government, Politics & Law
C. C. Antoine
Caesar Carpentier “C. C.” Antoine served as lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1873 to 1877, one of only three individuals of African descent to hold the office during Reconstruction.
Architecture
Camp Moore
Camp Moore in Louisiana served as the training location for more than 20,000 Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
Art
Caroline Durieux
Artist Caroline Wogan Durieux served as the director of the Louisiana office of the Federal Art Project.
Government, Politics & Law
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
"Carpetbagger" and "scalawag" were derogatory terms used to deride white Republicans from the North or southern-born radicals during Reconstruction.
Architecture
Centenary State Historic Site
The Centenary State Historic Site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Folklife
Chitimacha Baskets
Deeply rooted in the history, spirituality, and daily activities of the Chitimacha people, basketry remains a visible expression of the Chitimacha Indian tribe’s culture and tradition.
Government, Politics & Law
Civil War Louisiana
The Civil War in Louisiana left the state politically divided and financially ruined.
Literature
Cleanth Brooks
Cleanth Brooks, one of the foremost American literary critics of the twentieth century, spent fifteen years as a professor in the English Department at Louisiana State University (LSU).
