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'Indigeaux' pays tribute to enslaved women whose hands were stained blue with precious dye

Yes, Spirit. I’ll go …” recently arrived at the Whitney Plantation in Wallace. Created by Leia Lewis, an educator, artist and ...
The Bay State Banner

C. Rose Smith challenges, redresses revisionist history in ‘A Silent Rage’ at Brandeis

Smith is surrounded by opulence and markers of white heritage like chandeliers, gilded frames, ancient oaks and botanical ...
Yahoo

A plantation museum spotlighting the truths of slavery has lost federal grants in ‘furtherance of the president’s agenda’

Louisiana’s Whitney Plantation—open since 2014 as a museum dedicated to education about the legacy of slavery in the U.S.—lost its federal grants as a result of Trump’s attack on DEI. Unfortunately, ...
fox17online

Juneteenth: One plantation is on a mission to accurately portray its history

WALLACE, La. — Just inside the levee holding back the mighty Mississippi River, there is a quiet stillness in the land and a story that is still unfolding after more than two and a half centuries. The ...
WDSU

Celebrate Juneteenth at the third annual Freedom Festival at Whitney Plantation

The Whitney Plantation will host its third annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival — a full-day celebration centered on culture, community, and the legacy of Black resilience.The free, family-friendly ...
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Medical students pose in front of Louisiana plantation's slave quarters for powerful photo

A group of black medical students posed in front of the slave quarters on a Louisiana plantation for a powerful photo. Brian Washington Jr./Doyin Johnson WALLACE, Louisiana -- A group of black medical ...