Have Opioids Entered Your Life?
January 15, 2018
The pain medicine Tramadol was prescribed for me recently, to be taken every six hours or according to my need, to suppress the pain attendant to two ribs cracked when I stumbled on a marble t...
Poindexter At The Bookends Of My Pastorates
January 22, 2018
Shortly after the October 17, 1981 beginning of my first pastorate at Saint Martin de Porres Church in Prairie View, Texas, Poindexter came to be a well-known name that formed part of the fir...
We Waste Untold Amounts Of Spiritual Gems
January 8, 2018
The outsize physical world in which we live is a paradise overflowing with myriads of spectacular fauna and flora stunning in their variety, purpose and utility to us. About 200,000 years ago, ...
Ex-Slaves Are Laying Siege To Heaven’s Gates
June 11, 2018 ...
Every Column/Sermon/Task Is A Meditation
January 29, 2018
Though the following thoughts seem only clerical in nature, they pertain to every human being. When taken into ourselves and absorbed as part of us, a column, sermon, task and all human ...
Whitney Plantation – Bringing to Light the Lives of Louisiana’s Enslaved People
From the moment the French began to colonise the Gulf Coast of America, African slaves were being brought across the Atlantic Ocean by the shipload to help till the land, build infrastructure, and harvest crops...
The Many Traditions of Mardi Gras in Louisiana
The Many Traditions of Mardi Gras in Louisiana - Each year one of the most rambunctious events to take place in the United States is the celebration of Mardi Gras
New Orleans is often viewed as the home of Mar...
Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth-Century
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall
Paperback, Hardback, e-book, 1992, 456 pages,
Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
ISBN-10 (Paperback): 0807119997
ISBN-10 (Hardback): 0807116866
Although a number of important studies of Am...
Purvis & Mary Morrison – Governing the Boudin Capital and Living Up to Creole Values
The small town of Scott, Louisiana, nestles the in suburbs of Lafayette. Here, the environment bears the scars of America’s past, which once dominated the landscape in a variety of ways, from segregated schools...
A Life Committed to Education: The Experiences of Dr. Luzine Bickham
America’s World War II vets are disappearing each year as age takes its toll. Dr. Bickham is one of the few remaining Tuskegee Airmen who faced down discrimination and segregation to serve the nation in its dar...
Bringing Amédé Home
A symbolic ceremonial event for an iconic Louisiana musician
Opelousas, LA — Sunday, March 11, 2018, a special event, Bringing Amédé Home, will take place at 4pm at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Information Ce...
Explore the Bayous of Americas Creole Heartland in Louisiana
When most people schedule a holiday in Louisiana, they first think of visiting New Orleans. While the largest city in the state offers culinary delights and music, such as Jazz, Blues, and Zydeco pouring out of...
1st Camellia City Smooth Jazz Festival 2017 – Review
For lovers of smooth jazz, there’s one event that was firmly penned in many people’s calendars from the moment it was announced, and that’s the Camellia City Smooth Jazz Festival. Scheduled for 6th-8th October ...
The Vallot Family Story – A Creole family’s struggle to build one of Louisiana’s most thriving sugar plantations!
The sugarcane industry is of huge importance to the Louisiana economy, but it’s not without a whole host of complications and risks. This is a story of a hard-working family, a family with a Creole pedigree, fo...
Father Jerome LeDoux – Wisdom Comes with Age
Father Jerome LeDoux has a good answer for any question. Give him time, and he’ll talk your ear off with a great story. Spend enough time with him, and you’ll get focused stories with reasoned insight on topics...