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Wardell Anthony Connerly was born in Leesville, Louisiana, in 1939. Connerly has said that he is one-fourth black and half-white, with the rest a mix of Irish, French, and Choctaw American Indian. He identifies as multiracial. [4]
Meridian race riot of 1871: 1871: 03: Mississippi: Lauderdale Colfax massacre: 1873 04 Louisiana Grant Election Massacre of 1874: 1874 11 Alabama Barbour Coushatta massacre: 1874 08 Louisiana Red River Vicksburg massacre: 1874 12 Mississippi Warren Ongoing for almost one month [4] [5] Battle of Liberty Place: 1874 09 Louisiana New Orleans ...
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.54% of the population. There were 600 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.3% were married couples living together, 32.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12 ...
The Colfax massacre, sometimes referred to as the Colfax riot, occurred on Easter Sunday, April 13, 1873, in Colfax, Louisiana, the parish seat of Grant Parish. An estimated 62–153 Black men were murdered while surrendering to a mob of former Confederate soldiers and members of the Ku Klux Klan .
The city was founded in November, 1893 by survivors of the Chenier Caminada Hurricane.The city was first named Orange City but was changed to Leevile in honor of Pierre Charles Lee and his wife Rosalie Albarado.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is under scrutiny for posting a lighthearted photo of him outside a New Orleans restaurant hours after the deadly truck attack on New Year's Day.. The photo, posted ...
Louisiana state Rep. Charles Anthony Owen grew up in Leesville, Louisiana, with Peak. The world is “missing a sweet soul who cared about people,” Owen said. “She was a devout follower of the ...
When whites riot : writing race and violence in American and South African cultures (2001) online; Werner, John Melvin. "Race riots in the United States during the age of Jackson: 1824-1849" (PhD dissertation, Indiana University; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1972. 7314619). Williams, John A.