History
Deacons for Defense and Justice
Founded in Jonesboro in 1964, the Deacons for Defense and Justice (DDJ) was a Black self-defense organization that protected local civil rights activists.
Southeast Louisiana (Florida Parishes)
Southeast Louisiana (Florida Parishes) Index
History
Delphine Dupuy
Delphine Dupuy was a civil rights activist in Baton Rouge who was one of the founding members of the Baton Rouge branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1929.
Literature
Detective Fiction
For all the rich and varied literature that has come out of Louisiana, mystery and detective fiction has, for the most part, been a recent addition to the state's literary canon.
History
Dew Drop Social & Benevolent Jazz Hall
A rural jazz hall in the early twentieth century, the Dew Drop Social & Benevolent Jazz Hall experienced a revival in the early twenty-first century.
Music
Dinos Constantinides
Dinos Constantinides' orchestral works have been performed to rave reviews by symphony orchestras throughout the world, including premiers at Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Architecture
Dogtrot Houses
Dogtrot houses, like those found in North Louisiana, are composed of two enclosed buildings separated by a passage that is open at the front and back; the so-called dogtrot.
Art
Dom Gregory de Wit
In 1946, Benedictine artist Dom Gregory de Wit began working on his brilliantly colored, large scale murals for the St. Joseph Abbey near Covington, Louisiana.
History
Domestic Slave Trade
The domestic slave trade, central to the economic growth of Louisiana, destroyed enslaved people’s families, wreaked havoc in their communities, and killed many, despite their attempts to resist.
History
Don Juan Filhiol
Don Juan Filhiol's most noted accomplishments are associated with the European settlement of the Ouachita River Valley and include the founding of the Poste d'Ouachita and Fort Miro, which later became Monroe, Louisiana.
Government, Politics & Law
Earl Long
Earl Kemp Long served three nonconsecutive terms as Louisiana governor.
History
Early Exploration
Before the first colonial settlement in 1682, Spanish and French explorers visited the territory that would become Louisiana.
6.8 a.-b., 6.9 g.-h., 6.10 a.-c. Early Exploration and Colonization
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, several expeditions explored the area that would later become known as Louisiana.
