511. Danielle Romero, Part 1

511. Part 1 of our interview with Danielle Romero about her documentary, Finding Lola. Danielle lives in Nashville, Tenn., but has deep roots in Natchitoches Parish. A filmmaker, she is documenting the search for her great-grandmother, Lola Perot, who passed away before Romero was born. “She left the Natchitoches area of Louisiana in the 1930s and changed her name and race to hide her identity and attempted to pass as white in New York where I was born,” Romero said. Romero said when Perot left Louisiana with her Irish husband, John Donnelly, and moved to New York, she taught her children, including Romero’s grandmother, that they were French and Irish. Romero made her first visit to this area in 2021 to find family and truth. “Where did Lola’s family come from? What was she hiding, and why? It was time to find Lola, and myself. I’ve spent months interviewing elders and cousins and I am excited to share the journey of the complexity of Louisiana heritage — both in the past and today.”

1. This week in Louisiana history. March 3, 1820. Slavery outlawed within the Louisiana Purchase territory north of 36°30' latitude (northern border of Arkansas.)
   
2. This week in New Orleans history. The Washington Post printed on March 3, 1909, "The news comes from Louisiana that large areas of that State heretofore devoted to the growing of cotton will be planted to cane, because the boll weevil has wrought such havoc on the former crop. If this pest shall be the occasion of a diversity of farm crops at the South his presence in the cotton field will not prove an unmixed evil."
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Women's Symposium
   Bayou Pointe Event Center
   100 Warhawk Way,
   Monroe, LA 71209
   As part of ULM's celebration of Woman's History Month, the Women's Symposium - in a panelist/moderator format - discusses issues women face every day: networking, inclusion, leadership, professionalism, and financial growth.
   What: Women's Symposium
   When:  Wednesday, March 14, 2023
   Time: 12pm-4:30pm. Networking Social to immediately follow (4:30-6:30).
   Purchase Tickets Here:
   EARLY BIRD (Before February 16th): Students- free. Faculty/Staff- $20. Community- $35
   February 16th and after: Students- free; Faculty/Staff- $25; Community- $40
   2023 Early Bird (Through 2/16/23) Students- Free (all) Faculty/ Staff- $25 Community- $40
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce listens to twins singing a duet on Decatur Street in front of St. Louis Cathedral.

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