370. Skylar Dean, Part 2

370. Part 2 of our interview with Skylar Dean. Hundreds gathered in Ruston on Thursday, June 4, to march and protest against racial injustice in response to George Floyd's death. The march began on Louisiana Tech's campus and ended at city hall. It was organized by Louisiana Tech student Skylar Dean, along with help from her roommates. Dean said she believes it's everyone's responsibility to speak up against racial injustice. "If you think institutional racism isn't a problem, I would like you to ask your inner self, would you be comfortable being treated the way your fellow black Americans are in America," she said. 

1. This week in Louisiana history. June 20, 1968. Presidential candidate George Wallace speaks in Baton Rouge raising $60,000.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Mouseketeer Cheryl Lynn Holdridge, born Cheryl Lynn Phelps in New Orleans on June 20, 1944, was an original cast member of The Mickey Mouse Club.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   69th Annual Louisiana Peach Festival
   June 26th, 2020 - June 27th, 2020
   Downtown Ruston
   Park Ave.,
   Ruston, LA 71270
   318-255-2031
   Website
   The Louisiana Peach Festival is a family-oriented event produced by the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, and held each year the fourth weekend of June.
   Admission charged ages 12 through adult.
   Friday, $10, 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. or until last concert ends Saturday, $10, 8 a.m. - 11 p.m. or until last concert ends Weekend Pass, $15 All passes include concerts.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Frenchman St. Brass Band.

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