Sunday, March 21, 2021

Collis Temple, Sr. Obiturary

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C ollis Benton Temple, Sr. was born in Greensburg, Louisiana on August 12, 1912, to the union of John and Ida Butler Temple who preceded him...
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Tangipahoa Parish Black Supervisors

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Mr. Oliver Wendell Dillon There were a few educators of African Ancestry who became supervisors in the public school system in Tangipahoa Pa...
Sunday, February 21, 2021

Black Education in Hammond Schools

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T here were several developmental stages in the evolution of the schools in the Hammond area. There were houses schools with were held in ho...
Thursday, February 4, 2021

Joseph Otto Hart

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Joseph Otto Hart Photo Courtesy of Ancestry: welcome2myemail Joseph was born in 1925 Amite, Louisiana  to John and Mary Montgomery Hart.  Jo...

Ruth Watts Hart

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Ruth Watts Hart and children Photo Courtesy of: Karen Stewart Ruth was born to Ed and Clara Watts abt 1930. According to the 1930 United Sta...
Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Celebrating Black History Month 2021 Honoring Local Icons

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Top right:  Eddie Ponds Publisher of  the Drum Newspapers Top Left Dr. Kingsley B. Garrison Professor, Music Supervisor, Assistant Principal...

Black Cemeteries

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Our Ancestors Owned Land and Property

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Sunday, January 24, 2021

Willie Williams: African American Scientist Grew Up Near Amite, Louisiana

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Willie Williams, Jr.  Willie was born March 24, 1947 in Independence, Louisiana to Willie and Leaner Williams. He was  a Professor of Physic...

A Riot Near Tickfaw Involving African Americans

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Causey, R. J. Correspondence, 1863 September 25-November 19. 4 items. Location: Misc.:C. Letters from Causey's wife comment on a riot ne...

Alexander Bookter Succession Papers, 1805

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Bookter, Alexander. Succession Papers, 1805 May 10. 1 item (9 leaves). Location: Misc:B. Slaveholder of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Slaves...
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Friday, January 22, 2021

Free Bob's Daughter Georgiana Vernon Sanders

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Georgiana was born around 1869 in Mississippi to Robert "Free Bob" Vernon and Catherine Tuckson Vernon. Her siblings were; Rily, W...

Robert Vernon, Jr., Weaved Baskets and Chairs

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R obert was born in 1854 in Rankin, Mississippi. He was the the seventeen children born to  Robert "Free Bob" Vernon, Sr. He was m...
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Richardson Funeral Home, Amite Donated Funeral Programs to Nurturing Our...

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

The Headstone of Ella Long

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Ella Long Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell                                    E lla Long was the daughter of Oden and Sarah Long.  Ella live...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

From GU272 to Descendants of Jesuit Enslaved Ancestors

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Friday, January 15, 2021

Jasper & Josephine Richardson Harrell, Sr.

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Nurturing Our Roots- Family is A Gift

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A Tribute to Our Mother Isabel Harrell Cook

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Nurturing Our Roots Genealogy Oral History Collection

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