Arguing a case involving a slave revolt at sea early in his career, Benjamin echoed Shylock’s famous speech in Shakespeare’s ...

Against history, common sense, financial prudence, and educational excellence, the Louisiana state school board has fallen ...

Reconnect with Harvard and your classmates through our alumni directory, programs and events, stories, news, and more.

A mysterious formal portrait of an enslaved man named Frederick is expected to sell for as much as $500,000 at auction in New Orleans ...

All over south Louisiana, and indeed across the country, people honor their dead. At historical sites, battlefields, military ...

Exclusive: Treda Collier Dickenman “is both resilient and extraordinary in her courageousness,” attorney Rebecca Brazzano ...

Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln are two of the greatest presidents that the U.S. has seen. You probably know that ...

New Civil War research armed with more data gives the fullest picture yet of not just the overall death toll but its disproportionate impact on the South, including Georgia.

New Orleans-based photographers Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick have been documenting life inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary, otherwise known as Angola, since the 1980s. A former slave ...

This iconic stew has a complicated history. Here’s how gumbo became emblematic of both Creole and Cajun cuisines.

Now 33 and an apparently permanent fixture on Louisiana’s payroll, Alice Lee was last fortnight demoted from her $7,500 job as Collector of Revenue to a $5,000 job as State Supervisor of Public ...

Passed down at the family reunion, a time-honored tradition of shared meals, photos, and cherished fellowship. For generations Black families have reunited whenever and wherever they could, returning ...