Architecture
Madisonville
Madisonville became an important Louisiana shipbuilding center, boasting four shipyards by the late nineteenth century.
Late-20th Century
Late-20th Century Index
Architecture
Magnolia Mound Plantation
The antebellum Magnolia Mound plantation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana was constructed in the 1790s.
Music
Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson, a New Orleans native, was one of the most powerful and influential singers in the history of gospel music.
Music
Mannie Fresh
Byron O. Thomas, known professionally by his stage name Mannie Fresh, is a Grammy-nominated producer and rapper from New Orleans.
Folklife
Marc Savoy
Marc Savoy is a Cajun folklorist, musician, and master accordion maker in Eunice.
Music
Marcia Ball
Marcia Ball, a blues and swamp-rock pianist and singer, grew-up in the small town of Vinton.
Literature
Marcus Christian
Marcus Christian was a Louisiana writer, folklorist, and historian, known as the author of poems which satirize Jim Crow laws.
Folklife
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Mardi Gras in New Orleans is celebrated by costumed revelers, krewes, floats and flambeaux, parades, and masked balls.
Folklife
Mardi Gras Indians
Mardi Gras Indians have become recognizable symbols of New Orleans's unique local culture, yet remain closely tied to their specific communities and traditions.
Art
Margaret Frances Robinson
In addition to her lavish set designs, artist Margaret Frances Robinson brought to post-World War II New Orleans remarkable training and talent in painting street views of her French Quarter neighborhood.
History
Marie Louise Snellings
Marie Louise Wilcox Snellings, one of the first women to earn a law degree from Tulane University, became a successful politician in northeastern Louisiana.
Music
Marie Théard
Marie Théard (Moses) achieved distinction as a pianist, piano teacher, collector, arranger, and translator of French and French Creole Patois songs of Louisiana.
