During its first six months, the Check Out Louisiana Museums initiative has issued over $100,000 in free museum passes to Louisiana library cardholders, including those in Terrebonne-Lafourche.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Manchester University will host James Kelly, Ph.D., historian and historical interpreter at the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana, for his presentation, “Reckoning with the Past: ...

A picture is worth a thousand words, and some black medical students at Tulane University are hoping their pictures speak volumes about how far they've come. Russell Ledet, a medical student at Tulane ...

The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council passed the city-parish’s 2026 budget Tuesday. This budget season was marked by an attempt to make up for a budget deficit. Ultimately, Mayor-President Sid ...

In 2014 the Whitney Plantation opened its doors to the public as the only plantation museum in Louisiana with a focus on slavery. Visitors are taken back through time with hundreds of first-person ...

recently recognized six regional academics with prestigious awards for their work strengthening ties between Louisiana and France. The French Republic bestowed the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres to ...

Stepping outside their homes in the small Louisiana town of Wallace, Jo and Joy Banner can look north and see giant chemical plants responsible for the region’s nickname of “Cancer Alley.” Looking ...

In January 1811, Charles Deslondes led the largest slave revolt in U.S. history. He and 25 men struck first at Manuel Andry’s plantation, killing Andry’s son and taking weapons. Their ranks soon grew ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Betsy Pudliner, University of Wisconsin-Stout (THE CONVERSATION) The American South – ...