Music
Louis James
Louis James was a New Orleans traditional jazz string bass player, clarinetist, and multi-instrumentalist.
Late-20th Century
Late-20th Century IndexMusic
Louis Nelson
Louis Nelson was a sought-after traditional jazz trombonist from New Orleans.
Music
Louis Prima
Louis Prima was an Italian American composer, singer, trumpet player and bandleader from New Orleans.
Art
Louis Sahuc
Louis Sahuc came of age as a photographer in New Orleans in the 1970s as a member of a dynamic though informal group of photographers and designers who sought to find their calling in a field that was exploding with both artistic and commercial possibilities.
History
Louise Brazzel Johnson
Union Parish businesswoman, civic leader, and politician Louise Brazzel Johnson was the first woman elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives from her northern Louisiana district.
Government, Politics & Law
Louisiana Constitutions
Louisiana has had ten state constitutions since 1812, with the current governing document dating to 1974.
Business & Industry
Louisiana Film Industry
An early participant in the industrialization of film exhibition, distribution, and production, Louisiana adopted the moniker “Hollywood South” in the early twenty-first century.
Folklife
Louisiana Folktales
Louisiana’s folktales have been influenced by Indigenous peoples and the many cultural and ethnic groups that have immigrated to the state.
History
Louisiana Government in the Modern Era
Louisiana’s government is dominated by Anglo-English traditions, with influences of French and Spanish colonial political cultures surviving today mostly in legal matters and in the language describing its institutions and practices.
Music
Louisiana Hayride
The Louisiana Hayride was a radio barn dance broadcast from Shreveport’s Municipal Auditorium between 1948 and 1960.
Government, Politics & Law
Louisiana National Guard Training Center in Pineville (Camp Beauregard)
More than a century of existence makes Pineville’s Camp Beauregard, renamed the Louisiana National Guard Training Center in 2023, one of the oldest training camps in continuous operation in the nation.
Music
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is the only musician-owned and collaboratively managed full-time symphony orchestra in the United States.
