Friday, January 20, 2023

Rev. Vernia Garrett McCoy Obituary 1938-2022

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Rev. Vernia Garrett McCoy ws born in Franklinton, La., to Isaac James Garrett, Sr. and Vander Anthony Garrett. She was batptized at Winans U...

Researching their grandparents records at the Tangipahoa Parish Clerk's Office

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Conducting genealogy research Tangipahoa Parish Clerk's Office Did you ever wonder where to begin researching your family history? Dr. V...
Saturday, December 24, 2022

There was a landfill in Butler Town

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Josefine Linnea Jonsson/Wikimedia I remember my mother visiting friends and family in Butler Town an African American settlement within the ...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022

The beautiful Grace Lee Belvins Walker

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Grace L. Belvins Walker Her kindness and pride make her a very special person. She was a former teacher in the Tangipahoa Parish  School Sys...

The Watt family of Tangipahoa Parish

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Photo Courtesy of  Karen Hart Stewart Front Row: Earl Watts, Ed Watts, Clara Hollins Watts, Celeste Watts Wagner, Adouloh Watts. Back Row: A...

Curtis Fluker was born in 1879 in St. Helena Parish

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Curtis Fluker 1879-1950 Curtis Fluker was in 1879 to Joseph and Emily Fluker. According to the 1880 United State Federal Census he was born ...

Edgar Pitts the teacake man

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Edgar Pitts Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell There is more to Edgar beside enjoyment of syrup making and being retired.  Edgar enjoys the ar...

Cedrick Womack preserving the history of syrup making in St. Helena Parish

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Cedrick Womack Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell I met Cedrick Womack early this year while touring farms in Lexington, Mississippi. As a chi...
Thursday, December 8, 2022

Quincy Walker is still working his farm at 85 years old

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Quincy Walker Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell I began my morning by visiting Mr. Quincy Walker's farm. The dense fog that blanketed the...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

L.S. Spears shares knowledge of history, civil rights, and farm life in St. Helena Parish

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L.S. Spears Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell A few years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Spears and his wife Mrs. Arizola Ernest . Th...
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Mastering Syrup Making with Floyd Womack with St. Helena Parish

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Floyd Womack Photo Credi: Antoinette Harrell The season for making syrup is a very short one. It may last two to three weeks and it's ov...
Sunday, December 4, 2022

The 4th great-granddaughter of whipped Peter discusses the movie Emancipation with Dr. Antoinette Harrell

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Dr. Antoinette Harrell interviewing Bobbie Seymour   I recently spoke with Kathe Hambrick, founder of the River Road Museum, about a woman n...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

65 years old man born on a plantation in Norwood, LA

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James "Moon B" London I spent the few last days at  Womack Syrup Mill in St. Helena Parish. It was a pleasure to meet some very in...
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E.J's first photo shoot with Dr. Antoinette Harrell, Local Historian

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E.J. taking pictures at the Womack Syrup Mill Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell Documenting history through still shots and video is somethin...
Saturday, November 26, 2022

Tied to the Land

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Womack Family Making Syrup in St. Helena Parish

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Larry Womack Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell During the summer of this year, I participated in a farm tour in Lexington, Mississippi wi...
Sunday, November 20, 2022

Talking with Eddie Ponds, founding publisher of the Drum Newspaper

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Eddie Ponds,  Founding Publisher of The Drum Newspaper Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell https://open.substack.com/pub/drumbeats/p/muse-3...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

Kids Exploring Photography

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Kids and Photography Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell Children learn more than just how to take  good  photographs when they are taught ...

An historical look at the birth of the Drum Newspaper in Tangipahoa Parish

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Eddie Ponds Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell During my interview with Eddie Ponds, I asked him about how the Drum Newspaper was develope...
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