part of southeastern Louisiana located along the Mississippi River north of New Orleans. This rural community, originally...... more

A global traveler and adventurer, the German author Friedrich Gerst cker (1816--1872) first arrived in Louisiana in...... more

African prince before he was kidnapped and brought to Louisiana; others, that he was the most famous performer at Congo Square...... more

From 1889 to 1914 nude spectacles increased at an astonishing rate as a result of burgeoning artisti... more

General Emiliano Zapata in the state of Morelos. Castillo s role in the Mexican Revolution, in which he emerged as an...... more

On the evening of May 16, 1937, the train doors opened at the Porte Dor e station in the Paris M tro... more

In January 1847, a grain convoy passed through Buzan ais, an obscure village in a remote region of c... more

A leading proponent of racial equality in the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century, Albion W...... more