Architecture
James Freret
Entry covers the life and work of New Orleans architect James Freret.
Reconstruction Period
Reconstruction Period Index
Government, Politics & Law
James Madison Wells
Alexandria native James Wells served as governor of Louisiana from 1865 until 1867, leading the state's initial efforts at Reconstruction.
Business & Industry
Jean Baptiste Roudanez
A radical civil rights advocate during the Civil War and Reconstruction, Jean Baptiste Roudanez helped found two historic Black newspapers.
7.10 d.-e. Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
Ancestors of the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians avoided resettlement and remained in Louisiana following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Peoples of Louisiana
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
The Jena Band of Choctaw Indians is one of four Louisiana tribes recognized by the federal government and one of fifteen recognized by the state.
Art
John Antrobus
Born and raised in England, John Antrobus immigrated to the United States and relocated many times, including a period in Louisiana, where he opened a studio and executed a series of landscape paintings.
Art
John Genin
John Genin as primarily known as a portrait painter, but he also produced historical, genre, and landscape painting in nineteenth century New Orleans.
Folklife
John Lomax
John Avery Lomax was a folklorist and musicologist who, with his son Alan Lomax, made the first recording of the Louisiana blues guitarist Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly) at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
Government, Politics & Law
John McEnery
In 1872 John McEnery was elected governor in one of the most controversial and bizarre elections in Louisiana history.
History
John McNeese
The namesake of McNeese State University, John McNeese was a late-nineteenth-century champion of public education who led the creation of numerous schools in southwest Louisiana.
Government, Politics & Law
John T. Ludeling
John T. Ludeling served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1868 to 1877.
Government, Politics & Law
John Watkins
Democrat John Watkins served as a US representative from northwestern Louisiana from 1905 to 1921.
