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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.
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 ...
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]
The Opelousas massacre, which began on September 28, 1868, was one of the bloodiest massacres of the Reconstruction era in the United States. In the aftermath of the ratification of Louisiana's Constitution of 1868 and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, tensions between white Democrats and Black Republicans in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana escalated throughout the ...
A divided state appeals court has upheld a judge's ruling ordering a new election for a Louisiana sheriff's race that was decided by a single vote. In a 3-2 ruling, the Second Circuit Court of ...
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]
Louisiana's new majority Black 6th Congressional District boundaries stretch from Baton Rouge to Alexandria to Acadiana to Shreveport.
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 ...