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‘Gone but Not Forgotten’: New museum exhibit documents over 40 Black cemeteries in West Baton Rouge
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (588+ words) Debbie Gordon holds a history of the African American burials of West Baton Rouge sits inside the Gone But Not Forgotten exhibit on Black Cemeteries in West Baton Rouge, Saturday, January 10, 2026, at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen,…...
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2+ week, 6+ day ago (30+ words) Exhibit to focus on Black cemeteries in West Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge Gallery to open 'Surreal Salon'The Advocate Please retry your action if you are not redirected within 5 seconds....
Walt Handelsman: Surprise discovery...
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (15+ words) Click here to view this article from theadvocate.com. Email Walt Handelsman at [email protected]...
Fundnraiser honors icons in Black history, raises money to preserve history
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (194+ words) The Amistad Research Center is partnering with the River Road African American Museum to present Legends & Legacies: Black History Auction, a fundraising event scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at Rosy's Jazz Hall, 500 Valence St., New Orleans. The event is an…...
Rep. Troy Carter: Why we must not turn away from 'The Scourged Back"
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (171+ words) Escaped slave Gordon, also known as "Whipped Peter," showing his scarred back at a medical examination, Baton Rouge on April 2, 1863. President Donald Trump may try to sidestep this history, but we will not forget what our ancestors endured through slavery…...
This photo showing slavery's brutality faces controversy. Here's its Louisiana backstory.
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (538+ words) Escaped slave Gordon, also known as "Whipped Peter," showing his scarred back at a medical examination, Baton Rouge on April 2, 1863. Hundreds of thousands of 2" by 4 inch cartes de viste, the social media platform of the 1860s, were credited with helping persuade…...
National park to remove image of enslaved man’s scarred back taken in Baton Rouge, report says
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (243+ words) The historic'picture of the man, known as both Peter and Gordon, was published by Harper's Weekly on July 4, 1863. According to that publication, he escaped slavery from a plantation and fled south to a camp of Union soldiers in Baton Rouge....
This Louisiana national park tells a story of slavery that some fear will be erased
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1310+ words) Rolanda Teal, an anthropology professor, walks past signs for the Magnolia Plantation at Cane River Creole National Historical Park in Derry on Aug. 20. DERRY, La." Rolanda Teal strode onto the old plantation at Cane River Creole National Historical Park, blowing…...
Event recognizes Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (485+ words) Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum and Veterans Archives supporters browse silent auction items during the museum's annual fundraiser Aug. 2 in the ballroom of the Southeastern Louisiana University student union. The auction items were donated by seven African tribes and 50% of…...
Then & now: Professors discusses arguments Southerners used to defend slavery, Jim Crow laws
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (467+ words) Southeastern Louisiana University associate professor Keith Finley, center, chats with Springfield lawyer Hobart Pardue following Finley's Aug. 2 talk to the Edward Livingston Historical Association. Seated left is Finley's daughter, Grace. Members of the Edward Livingston Historical Association recently explored the…...
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