A newly published book by The Historic New Orleans Collection details the trends, history and current realities of mass ...

Two Louisiana community groups claiming historic ties to the state's formerly enslaved population along the Mississippi River sued Wednesday for greater access to a plantation-era cemetery on the ...

A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward, a federal appellate court ...

Omega Reed Matthews, a 100-year-old native of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, is being celebrated for her connection to early ...