Posts Tagged ‘Rural NW Louisiana’
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Before we were Democrats…
0February 1, 2014 by elhseven
Newly freed slaves and slave descendants began heavily voting the Republican ticket from 1865 – 1868 electing Republican politicians who …
keep readingCategory Events | Tags: African American History, Bossier Riot, C.C. Antoine, Caddo Parish, Gilles Vandal, hate crimes, land ownership, Oscar J. Dunn, Pickney B.S. Pinchback, Reconstruction in Louisiana, Red River Sankofa Project, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, Rural NW Louisiana, William G. Brown
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Hettie Adger Cemetery/St. Paul CME Church
0January 18, 2014 by elhseven
I continue to tell people sometimes the only evidence of one’s existence is found in a graveyard. If you are …
keep readingCategory Places | Tags: African American genealogy, African American History, Belcher, Caddo Parish, Carolina Bluff CME Church, Dickson, Hettie Adger, Morris & Dickson Co., Plain Dealing, Rural NW Louisiana, Rush Point Plantation, Slaves, St. Paul CME Church
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History of Herndon High School
0January 2, 2014 by elhseven
It was very common for northern missionaries to make their way down south for the purpose of helping to establish …
keep readingCategory People, Places | Tags: Caddo Parish, Dave Tyson, David Tyson, Herndon High School, John F. Herndon, Joseph H. Herndon, Lue Patsy Herndon, Rural NW Louisiana
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The Natives
1February 2, 2013 by elhseven
Highway 71 seems like the root that connects the various ancestral paths that bind us together but it wasn’t always …
keep readingCategory People, Places | Tags: African American genealogy, African American Migration from Louisiana, Bossier parish, Caddo Parish, Highway 71, Red River, Rural NW Louisiana
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Something new
0January 27, 2013 by elhseven
What started off as simple pedigree chart back in 2004 grew into 10 years of unearthing and connecting, obvious, reluctant …
keep readingCategory Uncategorized | Tags: African American genealogy, Red River Sankofa Project, Rural NW Louisiana
