Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about a special event this Veterans Day to honor enslaved men who fought in the army ...

James Henry Ingraham asked a poignant question in the New Orleans Tribune in 1865: “We must ask for our rights as men. If we ...

Browse through significant events in Southwest Louisiana history below. Find more This Day in History here.

For many families, justice for Civil Rights-era racial violence came not from police—but decades later, through one Louisiana ...

The North Louisiana Civil Rights Coalition will host a Legends Gala on November 15, 2025, to honor five local civil rights ...

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill told NBC News that the Voting Rights ... which were both enacted after the Civil War to ensure former slaves had equal rights under the law, including the right ...

LSU students spent this summer excavating the university’s first campus in Pineville, Louisiana - a 19th century complex that ...