Showing posts with label Black History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black History. Show all posts
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, March 30, 2024

The murders of their grandfathers link Herbert Lee and Louis Allen's grandsons

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Louis Allen and Toriano Lee Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell My research at the National Archives led me to find an Associated Press art...
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Monday, January 29, 2024

Ebony and Jet magazine art director Herbert Temple, Jr., roots traces back to Tangipahoa Parish

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Herbert Temple, Jr. Photo Credit: Chornes/Ancestry "It is impossible to predict what you may uncover when conducting genealogy and loca...

The late Dr. Percy, L. Walker was legend in his community

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Dr. Percy L. Walker Photo Credit: Louisiana Weekl y Amite, LA-  My memory of Dr. Percy L. Walker dates back to when I was a child. He was Ta...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Alberta Irving and Ralph "Kid" Irving owned a grocery store and gas station in the 1950s.

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Kid and Alberta Irving Grocery Store and Gas Station Roseland, LA Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell Taking photographs of farm animals gr...
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Sunday, July 9, 2023

A tireless effort led by Dr. Antoinette Harrell to establish African American collections at the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies

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Left to right: Alex Richardson, Dr. Antoinette Harrell,  Earl Richardson, Jr., Dr. Valarie Richardson Photo Credit: Eddie Ponds Dr. Antoinet...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

Genetic testing is used by enslaved descendants on Richardson plantation to determine their family relationships

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Carl Richardson Descendants My maternal grandmother's surname name is Richardson. Throughout my childhood, I  was acquainted with  my gr...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

The Drum Newspaper established a collection at the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies

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Eddie Ponds Preparing to donate his  newspaper collection Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell The Drum Newspaper has donated 235 papers to the ...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

The legacy of black history is preserved by a local man

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Walter Wren III African American Funeral Collection A local genealogist and historian, Dr. Antoinette Harrell, recently saw some of Walter W...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Whose shoulders do you stand on?

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Dr. Valarie Richardson and Earl S. Richardson     We have all heard people say that we stand on strong shoulders. On whose shoulders do you ...