378. Nick Douglas, part 2.

378. Part 2 of our interview with Nick Douglas about the petition to Lincoln by New Orleans' free people of color. "Fully one hundred years before the Voting Rights Act of 1965, black activists in the South launched a bold campaign for universal black suffrage. It is a stirring part of American history that most Americans were never taught. And the history leading up to it — abolitionist activities and effective black resistance to slavery in the South — has also been obscured."

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 16, 1831. A storm called the "Great Barbados Hurricane" hit just west of Baton Rouge wiping out sugar cane crops from BR to south of N.O. and killing 1,500 people.
2. This week in New Orleans history.  Actress Marguerite Clark Marries Harry Palmerston Williams
   August 15, 1918. Marguerite Clark (February 22, 1883 – September 25, 1940), one of the top movie stars of the 1910s semi-retired at age 38 to be with her husband in New Orleans.On August 15, 1918, she married New Orleans plantation owner and millionaire businessman Harry Palmerston Williams.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Visit Sam Houston Jones State Park
   107 Sutherland Road
   Lake Charles, LA 70611
   337-855-2665
   samhouston@crt.la.gov
   Website
   Entrance fee: $3.00 per person. Free for 3 & under, and for 62 & older.
   Originally named for the Texas folk hero who traveled extensively in the western reaches of Louisiana, Sam Houston Jones was given its current name in honor of the state's 46th governor, who was instrumental in setting aside this tract of land for the public to enjoy for both day-use and overnight visitors
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Maude Caillat and the Afrodiziacs play at the Pythian Market, New Orleans.

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