8.9 j. Jim Crow and Segregation
After the Civil War, African Americans gained some political rights and power before having them taken away again during the era of Jim Crow laws and segregation.
Late-20th Century
Late-20th Century Index
Art
Jim Richard
Jim Richard is best known for his paintings of modernist works of art situated in richly decorated and ominously claustrophobic home interiors.
Music
Jim Robinson
New Orleans jazz musician Jim Robinson's consistency and appealing sound made him one of the most prominent trombonists of his time.
Government, Politics & Law
Jimmie Davis
Country music singer Jimmie Davis served two nonconsecutive terms as governor of Louisiana, from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964.
Sports & Recreation
Jimmy Perrin
Jimmy Perrin made his professional boxing debut in 1933 against Tony Feraci at the Coliseum Arena in New Orleans.
History
Jimmy Swaggart
Called the "King of Honky Tonk Heaven" by Newsweek in 1982, Ferriday's Jimmy Swaggart was America's most popular televangelist in the 1980s.
Government, Politics & Law
Joe B. Hamiter
Joe Busbey Hamiter served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for five months in 1970.
Sports & Recreation
Joe Brown
Boxer Joe Brown made his professional debut at age seventeen at the Victory Arena in New Orleans.
Sports & Recreation
Joe Delaney
Louisianan Joe Delaney played with the Kansas City Chiefs after a record-setting turn at Northwestern State in Nachitoches.
Sports & Recreation
Joe Dumars
Despite growing up in a region where football was king, Shreveport native Joe Dumars enjoyed a successful career as a player and executive in the NBA.
Music
Joe James
From 1925 until his death in 1964, Joe James was the regular pianist in Kid Thomas’s band.
Music
Joe Robichaux
Traditional jazz and early rhythm and blues pianist Joe Robichaux may be best remembered as bandleader of the New Orleans Rhythm Boys.
