Saturday, September 16, 2017

Nurturing Our Roots Genealogy Oral History Collection

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Four African American Men Lynched in Ponchatoula, Louisiana

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Lynching Ponchatoula, Louisiana Photo Courtesy: Ponchatoula, Louisiana Photo Collection O n September 21, 1900, on an oak tree on Beec...
Friday, September 1, 2017

CO."B" 805 Pioneer Inf. U.S. A., A. E. F. Phil Garrison

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                      Phil Garrison served in WWII, he is the father of Dr. Kingsley B. Garrison. Last Roll  Phil Garrison Fourth man f...

Eugene Edwards Was Rented Out By His Father For Eight Dollars A Week

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Eugene Edward Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr.  E ugene "Brother"  Edwards was born in 1923 in St. Helena Parish, Loui...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

A.M. Strange One of the Greatest Educational Leaders in Louisiana & Mississippi

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A .M. Strange given name, Armstead Mitchell Strange was born on Oct 14,  1884, in Waterproof, LA.,  to Tillman Benjamin Strange and   Mil...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Lettie Anderson Sewing Up Bloody Tangipahoa

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Lettie Anderson, Gumbo Magazine L ettie Andeson, nearly 90 years old, knows about Blood Tangipahoa,. She saw it every Saturday night. W...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Bishop Willie K. Gordon, Sr. Talked About the Lynching He Saw in Amite, LA

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Bishop Willie K. Gordon, Sr. and his wife Alma "Mandy" Richardson Gordon B ishop Gordon was that courthouse grounds when the...
Monday, August 28, 2017

Mahalia Jackson the Greatest Gospel Singer Performed at O.W. Dillon High of Kentwood, LA

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Mahalia Jackson M ahalia Jackson, the greatest gospel singer, sung at O.W. Dillon High School in Kentwood, La., in the mid-60s.  Betty ...
Sunday, August 27, 2017

Phil Garrison A Native of Ponchatoula, Louisiana

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Phil Garrison Phil Garrison was born in St. James Parish, Louisiana to the union of Paul and Eave Garrison, and migrated to Ponchatoula...
Saturday, August 26, 2017

Rev. Lee Woodridge of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

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Rev. Lee Woolridge Photo Courtesy of Dr. Kingley B. Garrison Rev. Lee Woodridge was born in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. He was bor...

Ponchatoula, Louisiana African American Educators

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Photo Courtesy: Ella Mae Ashe Badon Right to Left: Gideon Carter, Riley Wilson, Mary Lee Carter, Curtis Warner, Anna Starwood, Genois Ree...

From Slave Shackles to Becoming the First African American Mayor of the City of Ponchatoula in 1873

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Rev. Arthur Tasker R ev. Arthur Tasker was elected and served two terms as Mayor of the City of Ponchatoula, Louisiana.  He married a w...

The Little 25 Women Club of Ponchatoula and Hammond, Louisiana

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Little 25 Women Club Right to Left: Mrs. Ella Ashe Badon Standing Left to Rights: Mrs. Ruby Ashe Lowe, Mrs. Laura Knighten Source: Mr...

Altruist Civic Organization An African American Organization in Tangipahoa Parish

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Mrs. Ella Mae Badon: Sitting on the left Laura Knighten sitting on the right end. O n July 12, 1956, a group of women met and formed ...

Ponchatoula Color School Teacher Recalls the Days of Segregation & Integration

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Mrs. Badon and her class: Photo Courtesy of Mrs. Badon E lla Mae Ashe Badon was born to the union of Joseph Ashe and Elizabeth Robertso...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

The Legacy Ernest Father Left Him

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Ernest looking at his muscadine bushes Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell E rnest Frazier, Sr.,  recalls the days he worked in the fi...
Monday, August 21, 2017

Jackson, Gordon, Harrell, Temple, Richardson Family Reunion

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Emma Vining Offsprings This past weekend our family came together to celebrate our family in St. Helena Parishes, Louisiana. There were...
Saturday, August 5, 2017

Jackson, Gordon, Harrell, Temple & Richardson Family Reunion

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Saturday, July 29, 2017

Gordon Chapel Church of God in Christ 1975

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Photo Courtesy: Tangi Talk Newspaper Vacation Bible School at Gordon Chapel Church of God in Christ, Elder Alex Richardson, pastor. The...

West Side Jr. High Girls' Softball Team

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Back Row: left to right, back row Coach Mrs. Katie Simms, Lynell Thompson, Valarie Thomspon, Emma Thomas, Tidie Litton, Stella Battiste, ...