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Remembering the Thibodaux massacre, a bloody chapter in U.S. labor history
After the cutters went on strike in 1887, the state militia and white vigilantes retaliated by killing about 60 suspected ...
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Lit Louisiana: Book series covers history of African Americans in Louisiana
In addition to these histories is one that addresses the “Thibodaux Massacre: Racial Violence and the 1887 Sugar Cane Labor Strike.” These were important events in Louisiana’s past. The publisher ...
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Months of drug investigations in Thibodaux land two behind bars
THIBODAUX, La. (WGNO) — Two men have been arrested after months of drug-related investigations, according to the Thibodaux Police Department. On Jan. 31, Thibodaux Chief Bryan Zeringue announced ...
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Thibodaux City Council revises rules for public comments during its meetings
The Thibodaux City Council changed its rules for allowing the public to comment at its meetings. Here's how to speak at the meetings going forward. Thibodaux City Council President Mike Naquin said ...
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High School Basketball: Get this week's scores, schedules in Houma-Thibodaux Area
It's time for another week of both boys and girls high school basketball in the Houma-Thibodaux area. On the girls side, this week will see three games between two local teams, with the game of ...
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DOJ issues Tulsa Race Massacre Report
TULSA, Okla. — On Friday, the Department of Justice issued a report on the Tulsa Race Massacre, outlining its finding and evaluation of the massacre undertaken in accordance with the Emmett ...
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Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says
By Audra D. S. Burch Audra D.S. Burch writes about race and identity and spent time in Tulsa to report on the centennial of the 1921 race massacre. Jan. 11, 2025 The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 ...
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Justice Department finds Tulsa Race Massacre was ‘systemic’ and ‘coordinated’
The Department of Justice found in a newly released report that though the Tulsa Race Massacre was a “systematic” and “coordinated” attack that transcended mere mob violence, any legal ...
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Netflix's gritty Western 'American Primeval' is inspired by the true story of a brutal massacre
Case in point: the first episode's bloody massacre is a dramatization of a real incident that occurred in Utah. The Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 claimed the lives of 120 men, women ...
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Tulsa race massacre survivors praise DOJ investigation revealing 'truth' but disappointed no charges recommended
Over 300 Black residents were killed on May 31 and June 1 in 1921. The two last living survivors of the Tulsa race massacre praised the Department of Justice's efforts to expose the alleged truth ...
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Justice Department Finds 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre ‘Coordinated, Systematic Attack’
The investigation found that the attack was caused by unfounded allegations that a Black teenager assaulted a white woman. After completing its four-month investigation into the 1921 Tulsa Race ...