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Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge [1] is a photograph of Ieshia Evans, a nurse from Pennsylvania, being arrested by police officers dressed in riot gear during a protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on 9 July 2016. The protest began in the aftermath of the shooting by police of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
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]
The Atlanta riot had broad participation from people across the United States. Six people—most of whom were White and from outside of the U.S. state of Georgia [195] —were arrested and charged criminally for actions during the January 21 riot. [196] [197]
Louisiana's new majority Black 6th Congressional District boundaries stretch from Baton Rouge to Alexandria to Acadiana to Shreveport.
Leesville is a city in, and the parish seat of, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. [3] The population was 5,649 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Fort Johnson South micropolitan area and is additionally served by the Leesville Airport. The city is home to the Fort Johnson (formerly known as Fort Polk) U.S. Army installation.
The East St. Louis riots or East St. Louis massacres, of late May and July 1–3, 1917, were an outbreak of labor- and race-related violence by whites that caused the death of 40–250 black people and about $400,000 (over $8 million, in 2017 US dollars) in property damage. An estimated 6,000 black people were left homeless.
Cortright uncovered rebellions at "numerous bases". These were usually described by military authorities as "race riots", however, his research revealed most of them to be anti-authoritarian, similar to the prison rebellions—often pitting "[B]lack enlisted men, and whites as well, against white MPs and NCOs" (Non-commissioned officers). [3 ...
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 ...