Thursday, October 31, 2013

Black Cowboys of Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

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Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. I t wasn't until this past summer,  I learned something about the Black Cowboys Associations in ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The Legacy of Dr. Willard Vernon

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R everend Doctor Willard Vernon was born in Roseland, LA., Reverend James R. Vernon and Pearlie Briggs Vernon on August 5, 1918.  Dr. Ve...

Steptoe's Lounge "The Juke Joint in Arcola, Louisiana"

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From Left to right rear Murphy Steptoe, Sr., not identified, not identified, Willie McCoy, not identified. ...
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The History and Legacy of Fred Vernon, Sr.

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Fred Vernon, Sr. Fred was the sixth child born to Isaac (Ike) Vernon and Isabell Crook in 1891. He passed away in 1963.  His s...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Preserving Our History in Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes, Louisiana: Griots and Oral Historians in the Family

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Preserving Our History in Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes, Louisiana: Griots and Oral Historians in the Family : Isabel Harrell age 7 M...

Griots and Oral Historians in the Family

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Isabel Harrell age 7 M y mother Isabel Harrell Cook is the griot and oral historian of our family. She never hesitates to seize the op...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

My Grandfather Jasper Harrell, Sr.

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Jasper Harrell, Sr. It gives me great pleasure to blog about my maternal grandfather Jasper Harrell, Sr., My mother often talks about my...
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Tangipahoa Parish Colored Training School

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Professor Oliver Wendell Dillon Professor Oliver Wendell Dillon was born October 15, 1882, and died May 18, 1954, in Magnolia, Mississ...

Aunt Susie Tells of History " From Slavery to the 1950s"

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Susie Amacker Washington Editor's Notes: The following story was penned approximately twenty-five years ago by Mrs. Carl M. Pier...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The History and Legacy of Fochia Varnado Wilson

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Mrs. Fochia Varnado Wilson, a graduate of the Tangipahoa Parish Training School, came to the Kentwood, Louisiana from Rose Hill, Miss...

The History and Legacy of Reginald Cotton, Sr.

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 Reginald Cotton was born to the late Joseph and Lillian Cotton in Morgan City, Louisiana on November 14, 1923. He served as head coach o...
Monday, October 21, 2013

African-American Fathers and Children Bonds

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Joseph LaCoste and children More often than not, there is more focus put upon the bonding relationships with mother and children, than...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

School Field Trip With Grandchildren

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Kindergarten Field Trip How I remember the school days of both of my sons! Going on field trips and not to proud to say I was learning ...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The History and Legacy of Alice L. Irving Vernon

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Alice Luberta was one of eleven children born to Lemuel and Susie Irving.  Her siblings were Lucy, Robert, Thomas, Wilbert, Alma, Ethel,...

Cora Wheeler Temple

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TEMPLE, CORA WHEELER New Orleans -- Cora "Mama Cora" Wheeler Temple, 87, died Thursday, Dec. 4, 2003, at her home. A native of A...

Shirley Lee Cross Temple of Kentwood, LA Served George Washington Carver

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Shirley Lee Cross Temple was born September 12, 1912 in Coushatta, Louisiana. She passed away  on January 28, 2005. Her parents Nathaniel ...