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African American Heritage Trail
This turn-of-the-20th-century wood frame house serves as a memorial to the incredible life and work of Arnaud “Arna” Wendell Bontemps, one of the nation’s most prolific African American writers. Although his family left Alexandria while he was…
African American Heritage Trail
Built by Nicholas Augustin Metoyer, St. Augustine is the first Catholic Church in the United States to be founded, independently financed and built by African Americans for their use. The structure is more than two centuries old and still in…
African American Heritage Trail
Oakland Plantation & Magnolia Plantation Established as a historical park by the United States Congress in 1994, the Cane River Creole National Historical Park comprises Oakland Plantation and parts of Magnolia Plantation. Within the park, you…
African American Heritage Trail
For more than two centuries, the Cane River area near Natchitoches has been home to a distinct cultural group: Afro-Creoles. This group descended from the French planter Claude Thomas Pierre Metoyer and his African wife, Marie-Thérèse Coin-Coin.…
African American Heritage Trail
This community center and interpretive facility features a wide array of exhibits on the many different cultures represented in Shreveport’s population. There are more than 26 diverse cultural groups living in the Shreveport-Bossier area, and this…
African American Heritage Trail
The Southern University Museum of Art (SUMAS) is a compact gallery that features a collection of university- and privately-donated artwork. SUMAS has a remarkable collection of African and African American art and artifacts representing centuries…
African American Heritage Trail
Grambling State University is home to the acclaimed Mighty Tiger Marching Band. It’s also where the legendary Eddie Robinson became the first college football coach to record 400 wins. Catch the history of the university and its traditions at the…
African American Heritage Trail
Founded in 1994, the Northeast Louisiana Delta African Heritage Museum museum features seminars, events and research materials on the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in Northeast Louisiana, plus works of art by Don Cincone, Bernard Menyweather and…
African American Heritage Trail
Visit this large Victorian-era plantation home and gardens, originally built by the Turnbull family, and discover how the social elite of the mid-19th century lived. Tour an impressive 28 acres of preserved formal gardens, and take part in African…
African American Heritage Trail
Audubon State Historic Site features Oakley House, a plantation home where the famous naturalist John James Audubon once worked as a tutor. The rooms have been restored in the style of the late Federal Period (1790-1830), reflecting their…