Literature
Poetry
Louisiana poetry ranges from early francophone works to contemporary compositions.
Bourbon Era
Bourbon Era Index
History
Pokey McIlhenny
Margeret "Pokey" McIlhenny was a New Orleans civic leader whose interests were politics, education, and public television.
C.11 k. Police Juries
This distinct form of government exists in more than half of Louisiana’s parishes.
Music
Polo Barnes
New Orleans jazz clarinetist Paul “Polo” Barnes performed frequently at Preservation Hall in the 1960s.
Architecture
Poplar Grove Plantation
The Poplar Grove Plantation house was originally built for the 1884 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans before being transported on a barge to Port Allen.
Government, Politics & Law
Populism
In the late nineteenth century, Populist Party advocates railed against the prevailing system and urged cooperation among oppressed peoples to secure reform.
8.9. d. Populism
In the late 1800s Americans witnessed a period of rapid industrialization and political transformation that drew some Louisianans to the Populist movement.
Foodways
Pralines
The praline, a confection made of sugar and nuts, is a representative dish of the Franco- and Afro-Creole Atlantic diasporas.
Architecture
Presbytere
Along with the Cabildo and St. Louis Cathedral, the Presbytere figures as a major component in New Orleans' Jackson Square.
Music
Professor Longhair
Henry Roeland Byrd, also known as Professor Longhair, was a New Orleans rhythm & blues pianist who came to personify the city's cultural renaissance of the 1970s.
Government, Politics & Law
Progressive Era in Louisiana
The Progressive movement that swept across the United States at the turn of the twentieth century brought changes to many of the nation's social and political institutions, including those in Louisiana.
Government, Politics & Law
Prohibition
Louisiana reluctantly became subject to prohibition, the effort to eliminate alcoholic drinks, as a result of the 1920 federal law commonly known as the Volstead Act.
