Showing posts with label Antoinette Harrell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antoinette Harrell. Show all posts
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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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...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

There is an increased risk of drowning among Black children due to a lack of swimming skills

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Carter at Swim Meet Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell Black children aged 5-19 are five times more likely than white children to drown in swi...
Saturday, June 10, 2023

Explore local swamp with the family

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Lake Martin, Louisiana  Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell Over the past few years, I have taken several swamp tours in different Louisiana Pa...
Monday, June 5, 2023

St. Helena Parish's Legendary Vegetable Farmer's Field Day at Warner Hall's Farm

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Warner Hall Local Farmer, St. Helena Parish Early this morning, I drove out to St. Helena Parish's Legendary Vegetable Farmer's Fiel...
Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Leontine Dupree Live/One More Sunny! A Native of Independence, Louisiana

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

The Rich History and Legacy of Esaw Lawson of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Esaw Lawson Esaw Lawson was born 1848 in Louisiana  to Henry and Arsena Lawson and his wife Malinda Tom Lawson was born in Clinton, Louisian...
Monday, December 6, 2021

Amite Native Dr. Valerie Richardson, Author of The Vision Blueprint

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Dr. Valarie Richardson D r. Valerie is a Mentor, Spiritual Leader, Motivational Speaker, Entrepreneur, Nutritionist, anAuthor. She is the gr...
Monday, November 15, 2021

Patsy Z. Johnson African American Funeral Program Collection Soon Will Be Digitized at EBPL Genealogy and Special Collections

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L ast month Johnson was reading a news article about the preservation of African American funeral programs in the Louisiana Florida Parishes...
Sunday, August 22, 2021

Harrell Researching at the Hill Memorial Library on LSU Campus

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Research at the Hill Memorial Library Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. In the course of researching my paternal and maternal family histor...

30 Years of Research is Ready for Repository

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Antoinette Harrell Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr.  The investigation and documentation of the little-known antebellum history of African...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

African American Farmer in St Helena Parish, Louisiana Days Are Numbered

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African American Farmers Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr.  As farming's days draw to a close, we're seeing the end of the era unle...

Bull Baker Making Homemade Syrup in St. Helena Parish

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Bull Baker Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell Those that know him call him Bull Baker. Bull is a native of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. He is...

Award Winning Filmmaker and Genealogist Document the History of the Black Cowboys and Horsemen

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Leonard Smith III, Award Wininng Filmmaker Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell Leonard Smith, III, who won several awards for his film called ...

African American Cowboys Tie Down Ropers in the Louisiana Florida Parishes

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Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. A wonderful aspect of living in the beautiful Louisiana Florida Parishes is the opportunity to document  ...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Syrup Making with Mr. James Baker in St. Helena Parish

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James Baker Photo Credit: Kris Davidson There   is   little   history  recorded  in the African - American community  of  the Louisiana - Fl...
Monday, August 9, 2021

Booker T. Lawson of Amite, Louisiana

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Booker Timsey. Lawson Courtesy of:  Mrs. Vernia Mcoy Booker Timsey Lawson, was a member of Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church for m most of his life...

Mrs. Clara Hollins Watts of Amite, Louisiana

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Mrs. Clara Hollins Watts Mrs. Clara  Hollins Watts was born about 1893 and died in 1981 in Amite, Louisiana. She was is buried in Butler Cem...

Mary Aaron of Amite, Louisiana

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Mary Aaron Mary Aaron was born around 1879 in Amite, Louisiana and died in 1962. She is buried in Butler Cemetery in Amite, Louisiana.  I us...
Saturday, August 7, 2021

Adam Gordon on the Farm in Amite, Louisiana

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Adam Gordon Adam Gordon was the son of Willie K. Gordon, Sr. and Alma "Mandy Richardson Gordon. Before joining the military during the ...