Sunday, August 17, 2025

Carter LaCoste, a student at St. Augustine High School, advocated for swimming classes as part of the sport activities

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Carter's competitive swim meets Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell Swimming plays a vital role in LaCoste's life, offering both physic...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal placed brochures at the Tangipahoa Tourism Center

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Tangipahoa Tourism Convention Center The Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church experienced significant enthusiasm surrounding its ...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Tangipahoa Parish Earlier Black Schools

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Westside Marching Band The historical context of education for Black children in the United States is rooted in systemic exclusion and resil...
Saturday, July 12, 2025

Grant Chapel AME Church is at the forefront of emphasizing the significance of church history.

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  Grant AME Church in Amite, LA Photo Courtesy of Facebook Grant Chapel AME Church is at the forefront of emphasizing the significance of ch...
Sunday, July 6, 2025

Preserving History Through Historical Markers with Dr. Antoinette Harrell

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https://www.spreaker.com/episode/preserving-history-through-historical-markers-with-dr-antoinette-harrell--66836675?fbclid=IwY2xjawLYB-tleHR...

Grant Chapel AME Church member preserved thirty-plus years of church history

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Esco Hornsby, Sr. 30 + Years of Church History Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell Grant Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church committee me...

Reverend Mack Charles Hurst served as the pastor or Grant Chapel African Methodist Church for twelve years.

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Photo Courtesy of Legacy.com Rev. Mack Charles Hurst Rev. Mack Charles Hurst was  born on July  29, 1940 in Greensburg, Louisiana. He was a ...
Thursday, July 3, 2025

Benjamin Temple and his son James Family History

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For decades the Temple family history has been longstanding in Tangipahoa Parish. Oftentimes genealogy research can take you behind what the...

Photographer Donald Davis introduce kids to photography at the Kentwood Branch Library

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It can be a rewarding and creative experience to introduce kids to photography. Donald focused on sparking their curiosity rather than overw...
Saturday, May 24, 2025

Gardening bring me great joy

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  As a child, I lived on the twenty acres of land that my maternal grandmother Emma had purchased in 1896. Long before I was born, the land ...
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Saturday, April 19, 2025

Lydia Butler and heirs sold land to Johnsel Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church later to become Butler's Chapel AME Zion Church

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On the 25th of May, 1894.  Lydia Butler  widow of William Bulter, Cora Banks, wife of Edwards Bank, Nannie Collins, wife of Jacob Collins, a...
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

The Womack family preserving syrup making in St. Helena Parish

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John Womack, Sr. Photo Credit: Donald Davis It's that time of year again.  Each year, the Womack family gathers to make their sweet  and...
Sunday, October 13, 2024

Big Zion AME Zion Church fifty years members

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Mrs. Emma Picken, was born in 1892 and died in 1976. She is buried in Big Zion Cemetery. Mrs. Idella Cosby was born in 1889. Her time of dea...

Rev. & Mrs. Hollis Callahan

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Rev. Hollis Callahan was the Presiding Elder of Big Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in 1971.  Big Zion Church is the oldest Bla...