Architecture
Mulberry Grove Plantation
Before its restoration in the 1950s, the Mulberry Grove Plantation house was being used as a hay barn.
Contemporary Period
Contemporary Period Index
Music
Mystikal
Michael "Mystikal"Tyler is one of the best-known rappers from New Orleans. While his early recordings featured agile, rapid-fire vocal performances, his work in the 1990s moved closer to the conventions of the local bounce style, a dance-oriented genre.
Government, Politics & Law
NAACP in Louisiana
The NAACP, a national organization founded in 1909 to fight for citizenship rights for Black Americans, opened its first Louisiana branch in 1914.
Government, Politics & Law
Napoleonic Code
The French Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law in France, becoming a model legal framework for jurisdictions around the world, including Louisiana.
C.9 j. Napoleonic Code
The French Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law in France, becoming a model legal framework for jurisdictions around the world, including Louisiana.
6.10. d. Napoleonic Code (French Civil Code)
France’s Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law and became a model legal framework around the world, including in Louisiana.
Business & Industry
NASA Michoud Assembly Facility
NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans is one of the largest manufacturing sites in the world.
Peoples of Louisiana
Natchez Indians
The Natchez are an American Indian group that lived along the Lower Mississippi River during the rise of European colonialism.
6.8 a.-b., 6.9 g.-h. Natchez Indians
Both French and British colonists sought alliances with the Natchez Indians, an American Indian group with settlements along the Lower Mississippi River.
Foodways
Natchitoches Meat Pies
Natchitoches’s savory hand pies are filled with a mixture of ground pork and beef in a seasoned gravy.
Art
Native American Basketry
A hallmark of southeastern Indian societies, cane basketry traditions persist in fewer than ten contemporary tribal communities in the southeastern United States, including three in Louisiana.
Government, Politics & Law
Native American Civil Rights Movement in Louisiana
Following World War II, many Indigenous Louisianans joined regional and national efforts to promote tribal sovereignty, economic justice, and educational equality.
