1.8 f. Bread Pudding
Recipes for this baked dessert can turn stale bread into a delicious treat.
Recipes for this baked dessert can turn stale bread into a delicious treat.
A popular term in Louisiana usually tied to the gifting of something small—or a little something extra—with a purchase.
Louisiana’s Cajun music has been influenced by a rich blend of musical traditions.
The Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge is now a museum.
By studying artifacts, archaeologists know that people were in Louisiana at least 13,000 years ago.
People of the Tchefuncte, Marksville, Troyville, and Coles Creek cultures lived in Louisiana during the Woodland period.
People from the Clovis culture and San Patrice culture were some of Louisiana’s earliest inhabitants.
During the Archaic period, people from the Evans culture built large mounds made of dirt.
Alejandro O’Reilly served as the second Spanish governor of Louisiana from 1769 to 1770.
In the eighteenth century Houma people established trade and political relationships with French and Spanish colonists. In the twentieth century Houmas unified their community and successfully struggled for political recognition.
The era of French control over Louisiana was marked by many challenges, including hurricanes and conflicts with Native American groups like the Natchez.
Enslaved Africans and people of African descent played key roles in nearly every aspect of the development of Louisiana.
After serving as a Union officer in the Civil War, P. B. S. Pinchback became the first Black governor in the United States.
The Caddo people, who began to inhabit the Red River valley approximately 2,500 years ago, were eventually pushed out of their traditional territory by Anglo-American immigrants.
The capture of Port Hudson in Louisiana gave Union forces control of the Mississippi River and was a significant turning point in the Civil War.
As many as five hundred enslaved people participated in an uprising against slaveholders in the Territory of Orleans.
The Standard Oil Company of Louisiana transformed Baton Rouge but found a political opponent in Huey P. Long.
Huey Long rose from ordinary beginnings in Winn Parish to become Louisiana’s most famous politician.
During World War I, the federal government expanded its power and reach, while social and cultural movements transformed the world in which most Americans, including Louisianans, lived.
After the Civil War, African Americans gained some political rights and power before having them taken away again during the era of Jim Crow laws and segregation.
This distinct form of government exists in more than half of Louisiana’s parishes.
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is one of only four American Indian groups in Louisiana recognized by the federal government.
The French Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law in France, becoming a model legal framework for jurisdictions around the world, including Louisiana.
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is the largest of four federally recognized tribal governments in Louisiana.
Celebrating Louisiana Musical Legends in the Classroom
Celebrating Louisiana Musical Legends in the Classroom
Celebrating Louisiana Musical Legends in the Classroom
Celebrating Louisiana Musical Legends in the Classroom
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