+4 Opinion Will Sutton: Black history is our history, and eager students deserve to learn all of it. BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Feb 10, 2023 Samia AbouAkar is a sophomore at Baton Rouge Magnet High School. She plans to study international relations and foreign affairs at LSU, Georgetown or Tulane as she prepares to become an international leader.
NO.cohen.nc_103.JPG STAFF PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER Feb 24, 2022 Bounce artist Big Freedia talks about Civil Rights activist Ella Baker to Walter Cohen High School students on Friday, February 18, 2022. (Pho…
NO.cohen.nc_106.JPG STAFF PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER Feb 24, 2022 Walter Cohen High School students and staff dance to bounce artist Big Freedia and Liberation House founder Jonathan Lykes's new song "Ella Ba…
NO.cohen.nc_107.JPG STAFF PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER Feb 24, 2022 Bounce artist Big Freedia high-fives students at Walter Cohen High School students on Friday, February 18, 2022. (Photo by Chris Granger | The…
NO.cohen.nc_113.JPG STAFF PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER Feb 24, 2022 Walter Cohen High School students dance to bounce artist Big Freedia, left, and Liberation House founder Jonathan Lykes's new song "Ella Baker…
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+3 Opinion Will Sutton: Black history literally built in the work of architect Lonnie Hewitt BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Feb 1, 2021 History touches our lives as we’re going through the normal course of our days without thinking about the people who made things happen. As we start Black History Month, we’ll be reminded about people such as Langston Hughes, Carter G. Woodson, Harriett Tubman, Jackie Robinson and Maya Angelou. They played important roles and had significant impact.
Ascension River Road African American Museum gets $25,000 donation from Shell Advocate staff report Mar 20, 2019 In recognition of the 25th anniversary of the River Road African American Museum, Shell donated $25,000 to the organization during a Black His…
+4 Ascension Ascension Council on Aging highlights black history Advocate staff report Mar 13, 2019 Tributes to the Marsalis family of jazz musicians and a groundbreaking LSU athlete were among the highlights of the Black History Month progra…
+3 Crescent City Living history Mar 1, 2019 Celebrated author and Louisiana resident Ernest Gaines spoke during a Black History Month convocation Feb. 27 at Lusher Charter School. Gaines…