Louisiana voters will get to weigh in next on whether civil service protections should be removed from certain state employees, though it’s not certain the measure will result in current government ...
The law is too broad and violates the First Amendment by limiting free speech, the ACLU argues. The lawsuit comes amid an impending immigration sweep in Southeast Louisiana and Mississippi led by the ...
the Louisiana Office of Tourism today announced the launch of the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail and LouisianaCivilRightsTrail.com. The Louisiana Civil Rights Trail brings together the events of the ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Sybil Morial (community activist, educator ...
When Roland Babin joined the Louisiana highway department in 1955 on a road construction crew, the Chevy Bel Air was the most popular ride, Bill Haley and His Comets were rocking around the clock and ...
Photo courtesy Office of the Lieutenant Governor. After more than 30 years in the making, the Louisiana Civil Rights Museum plans to open October 8 in New Orleans. The museum, located inside the ...
A question as seemingly benign as “You’re Laura’s mother, right?” becomes the moment when Cielo’s life changes forever. The query, posed by a toothy-smiled young man, is born not out of curiosity but ...
In 1892, a young shoemaker from Treme boarded a train hoping to challenge White supremacy, but wound up lending his name to the infamous U.S. Supreme Court decision that made “separate but equal” the ...
Baton Rouge has served as Louisiana's permanent capital for 146 years, however, four different cities served as the state's ...
NEW ORLEANSNEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans restaurant Dooky Chase’s, which served for years as a safe meeting space for civil rights activists to strategize over bowls of Creole gumbo, is the site of ...
Updated lawsuit adds negligence and dram shop claims, alleging Mark Sanchez was served alcohol while visibly intoxicated.