562. This week we talk to Greta de Jong about civil rights in North Louisiana.  "Civil rights in North LA. Examining African Americans' struggles for

freedom and justice in rural Louisiana during the Jim Crow and civil

rights eras, Greta de Jong illuminates the connections between the

informal strategies of resistance that black people pursued in the early

twentieth century and the mass protests that emerged in the 1950s and

1960s. Using evidence drawn from oral histories and a wide range of

other sources, she demonstrates that rural African Americans were

politically aware and active long before civil rights organizers arrived

in the region in the 1960s to encourage voter registration and

demonstrations against segregation." "Greta de Jong is Associate

Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research focuses on the

connections between race and class and the ways that African Americans

have fought for economic as well as political rights from the end of

slavery through the twenty-first century. She is the author of A Different Day: African American Struggles for Justice in Rural Louisiana, 1900-1970 (2002)."

Parish created out of Natchitoches District, named for Pierre

E. Bossier. 

by the stage name Ernie K-Doe (the self proclaimed "Emperor of the

World") was born at Charity Hospital on February 22, 1936. He recorded

as a member of the group the Blue Diamonds in 1954 before making his

first solo recordings the following year. "Mother-in-Law",  his best

known 1961 hit single, written by Allen Toussaint, was his first hit,

and was #1 on both the Billboard pop and R&B charts."  “I'm not

sure, but I'm almost positive that all music came from New Orleans.”

4th Annual Bayou Terrebonne Boucherie (Pork BBQ)

March 02, 2024

Downtown Houma

8043 Main Street

Houma, LA

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"Join us downtown on March 2, 2024, at the fourth Annual Bayou

Terrebonne Boucherie for a day of food, festivity, and teamwork. In

addition to mounds of pork, there will be live music and the now-famous

Cajun Cup (a series of bayou-themed competitions). Whether spectating or

participating, it'll be a day of good Cajun fun for the whole family.

C'mon out, and let's have a good time! Proceeds will go towards

quality-of-life projects in Terrebonne Parish, making our home a better

place to live."

swingers sing at Bamboulas. 

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