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Thomas Floyd "Bud" Brady (July 8, 1938 – April 1, 2011), was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.He served from 1976 to 1988 from districts which included his native La Salle Parish and at different times neighboring Caldwell, Grant, Rapides, and Winn parishes.
Jena (/ ˈ dʒ iː n ə /) is a town in, and the parish seat of, La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2] The population was 4,155 at the 2020 census . History
LaSalle Parish (French: Paroisse de La Salle) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 14,791. [1] The parish seat is Jena. [2] The parish was created in 1910 from the western section of Catahoula Parish. [3]
attorney, educator, served as Dean of the Southern University Law Center and as president of Southern University Dorothy Mae Taylor: first African-American woman to serve in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1971–1980 [28] Ledricka Thierry: 1999 state representative for St. Landry Parish since 2009 [29] Taylor Townsend
LaSalle Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Jena, Louisiana, United States, serving LaSalle Parish. As of 2008 the superintendent of schools is Mr. Roy Breithaupt. The LaSalle Parish School District is divided into 10 wards.
Anchorage Hells Angels chapter sergeant-at-arms Anthony "Tony Truth" Tait volunteered to become a paid informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1985, and he provided the government with detailed information on the club's organization and criminal activities – such as drugs and explosives trafficking – for two years. [27]
Jesse Louis Jackson [1] (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) [1] is an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister.Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, Jackson maintained his status as a prominent civil rights leader throughout his political and theological career for over seven decades.
Jena High School is a secondary school located in Jena, Louisiana, United States. The school, serving grades 9 through 12, is a part of the LaSalle Parish School Board. As of 2006–2007, the school enrollment was 538 students. The school serves the town of Jena and the unincorporated communities of Belah, Nebo, and Rhinehart.