The Louisiana Office of Tourism recently announced the launch of the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail and LouisianaCivilRightsTrail.com. The Louisiana Civil Rights Trail brings together the events of the 1950s and 1960s that placed the state of Louisiana at the center of the national Civil Rights Movement and narrates the compelling stories and experiences of the people...
Dillard University to Launch Center for Racial Justice
Center will focus on policing and other racial justice issues Dillard University will launch its Center for Racial Justice (CRJ) in July 2020 in response to the mounting police brutality cases in the United States. As a historically Black university, Dillard is set to become the leading educational conduit between...
Indictments and Trials Finally Come in Police Shootings of Blacks, Minorities
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Recent indictments and convictions suggest a swinging pendulum, and at least some cracks in the “Blue Wall” that all too often conspires to hide details and protect officers guilty of unjust shootings of African Americans and others. Prosecutors in Chicago have won an...
And Another Thing with Anitra: Geaux Blue or Just Geaux?
[contentblock id=1 img=gcb.png] The first place I saw mention of it was a bottom, front-page ad in the Times-Picayune recent Sunday edition, which could have only been thrown at my front door as part of a promotion to get me to renew my subscription of the thrice-weekly print version of...