258. Charles Lane. The Colfax Massacre.

258. We interview Washington Post journalist Charles Lane, who wrote a book on the Colfax Massacre entitled The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre and the Betrayal of Reconstruction. Here is the epic tale of the Colfax Massacre, the mass murder of more than sixty black men on Easter Sunday 1873 that propelled a small Louisiana town into the center of the nation’s consciousness.

1. This week in Louisiana history. April 28, 1761. Gov. Jacques Pilippe, born in Jefferson Parish.
2. This week in New Orleans history. On Saturday, April 30, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed by Robert Livingston, James Monroe, and Barbé Marbois in Paris. Jefferson announced the treaty to the American people on July 4. After the signing of the Louisiana Purchase agreement in 1803, Livingston made this famous statement, "We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives...From this day the United States take their place among the powers of the first rank."
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Ahoy! It's the
   The Louisiana Pirate Festival
   May 3-13, 2018
   Experience our unique pirate and seafaring festival with events on both land and sea, including watercraft exhibitions and a fireworks display over the lake.
      On the shores of historic Lake Charles, the Louisiana Pirate Festival showcases entertainment by a variety of talented musicians, performers and artists.  Plus, this year’s festival also includes the inaugural Louisiana Pirate Festival Costume Ball and the first-ever Louisiana Pirate Festival Parade Extravaganza!
      Join us for a family-friendly event with cannon demonstrations, costume contests, local arts and crafts, themed souvenirs, a boat parade, a Little Matey Children’s Area with Captain Crabbe, a petting zoo and inflatables, daily Buccaneer parades on site, pirogue building and rain gutter pirate ship races, games and attractions, including the acclaimed Todd Armstrong Carnival, a Barbecue Competitors Alliance Cajun Pirate BBQ Cook-Off and more. And don't miss our Culinary Coffer where you'll discover a treasure of great Pirate-pleasing foods. Shiver me timbers, we’re going to have some fun!
   
4. Postcards from the Resistance. We talk to Alex Bozeman, who spoke at this week's Earth Day Rally in Ruston, LA.

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257. Mark Bologna, part 2

257. Part 2 of our conversation with Mark Bologna, host of the Beyond Bourbon Street podcast. We were excited to find another podcast with a similar focus to ours. "My name is Mark Bologna and I’ll be your guide on this journey. I was born and raised in New Orleans, and specifically in Gentilly, a neighborhood just down the road from Lake Pontchartrain in the heart of the city. I love my hometown and can’t wait to share it with you!" Mark would like to hear from you and help you plan your trip to the Big Easy. Find out more here.

1. This week in Louisiana history. April 21, 1804. Gov. Laussat, last French Gov., leaves Louisiana.
2. This week in New Orleans history. According to the Amistad Research Center, The Reverse Freedom Rides of 1962 were a deliberate parody of the Freedom Rides organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in the previous year. Also called the Freedom Rides North, African American "participants" in the Reverse Freedom Rides were offered free one-way transportation and the promise of free housing and guaranteed employment to Northern cities. George Singelmann of the Greater New Orleans Citizens' Council orchestrated the Reverse Freedom Rides, which served as the Citizens' Councils' means of testing the sincerity of Northern liberals' quest for equality for African Americans. This attempt to embarrass Northern critics of the Citizens' Councils was a way of, in Singelmann's words, "telling the North to put up or shut up." Public outcry against the Reverse Freedom Rides was swift and direct, with groups such as the Urban League of Greater New Orleans leading the chorus of disapproval. WDSU Radio released a statement in April 1962, that typifies the response: "WDSU believes the Freedom Bus North movement is sick sensationalism bordering on moronic."
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Jazz Fest 2018!
   April 27-May 6, 2018
   The 48th New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
   New Orleans Fair Grounds
   1751 Gentilly Boulevard
   New Orleans, LA
   This is the #1 music festival in New Orleans, with over a week's worth of world-class entertainment. This year's entertainment includes Sting, Sturgill Simpson, Steel Pulse, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Ron Carter Trio, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Jon Cleary, Samantha Fish, Davell Crawford, Jake Shimabukuro, Wayne Toups, Luther Kent & Trickbag, Bobby Rush, Leslie Odom Jr., Eric Lindell, Sidi Toure of Mali, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, Big Chief Donald Harrison, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, and many more.
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Boston Becca plays violin on Royal St.

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256. Mark Bologna, part 1

256 Part 1 of our interview of Mark Bologna, host of the Beyond Bourbon Street podcast. We were excited to find another podcast with a similar focus to ours. "My name is Mark Bologna and I’ll be your guide on this journey. I was born and raised in New Orleans, and specifically in Gentilly, a neighborhood just down the road from Lake Pontchartrain in the heart of the city. I love my hometown and can’t wait to share it with you!" Mark would like to hear from you and help you plan your trip to the Big Easy. Find out more here.

1. This week in Louisiana history. April 15, 1795. The Pointe Coupee Slave Rebellion.
2. This week in New Orleans history. April 16, 1718. Official date of founding of New Orleans.
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival
   Friday, April 20th and Saturday, April 21st 2018
   Along the Bank of the Bayou Teche
   Downtown Historic Franklin, Louisiana
   We invite you to the Fifteenth Annual Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival, April 20^th and 21^st 2018 in beautiful downtown Franklin. Franklin, located in the heart of St. Mary Parish along the banks of the Bayou Teche, is noted for its beautiful antebellum homes, quaint bed and breakfasts, and majestic live oaks. The city is surrounded by expansive cypress tupelo swamps, the unique and expansive Atchafalaya Basin. The area has a rich natural heritage, with a bountiful list of species readily available for the wildlife fancier. Among those is the Louisiana black bear (Ursus americanus luteolus ). Please browse our website for information about the festival including the activities, live music, black bear education and all of the other events to be held and please remember to tell your friends!
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Stretch Adams sings and plays the banjo in the Vieux Carre. 

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255. Pamela Tyler, part 2

255. Part 2 of our interview with Pamela Tyler about women's suffrage in Louisiana. In Silk Stockings & Ballot Boxes, Pamela Tyler examines the activities of organized upper- and middle-class women in New Orleans in the twentieth century, with an emphasis on their behavior in the political arena. Tyler traces the path of women's political activities, from their indirect political influence and women's clubs, to their direct integration into the larger political process. In her narrative, she examines the post-suffrage alternatives that southern women faced in their quest for inclusion in the political arena.

1. This week in Louisiana history. April, 7 1682. LaSalle and Tonti reached mouth of Miss. River.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Major League Baseball pitcher Edward Francis Lafitte was born at 319 Bourbon Street on April 7, 1886.   He played for the Detroit Tigers (1909–12), the Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1914–15), and the Buffalo Blues (1915).  His college days were spent pitching for the Georgia Techbaseball team (1906 and 1907) and as a starter in the first intercollegiate basketball game played by Georgia Tech. He died on April 12, 1971 at the age of 85.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   35th Louisiana Railroad Days Festival
   DeQuincy Railroad Museum Park
   400 Lake Charles Avenue
   DeQuincy LA, 70633
   April 12-14, 2018
   Bands:
   Collin Raye, Southwest Jazz, Rosedown Rockers, Rusty Metoyer and the Zydeko Krush, Gyth Rigdon, and Collin Raye.
   All entertainment is free!!
   Enjoy the day with great music and family fun!
   Full Schedule
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Buku Broux plays the Kora in Jackson Square.

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254. Pamela Tyler, part 1

254. Women's History Month. Part 1 of our interview with Pamela Tyler about women's suffrage in Louisiana. In Silk Stockings & Ballot Boxes, Pamela Tyler examines the activities of organized upper- and middle-class women in New Orleans in the twentieth century, with an emphasis on their behavior in the political arena. Tyler traces the path of women's political activities, from their indirect political influence and women's clubs, to their direct integration into the larger political process. In her narrative, she examines the post-suffrage alternatives that southern women faced in their quest for inclusion in the political arena.

1. This week in Louisiana history. March 30, 1870. 15th amendment gave Blacks the right to vote.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Rosa Freeman was born March 31, 1911, to Alfred Bird “A.B.” Freeman and Ella West. Coca Cola heiress and racial pioneer Rosa Freeman Keller worked tirelessly throughout her long life for those less fortunate than herself, particularly New Orleans’s African American residents. Though her elite social background made her perhaps an unlikely social activist, Keller helped lead the fight for the integration of public schools and transportation facilities in New Orleans.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Lao New Year Celebration
   March 24th, 2016 - April 1st, 2018
   Lanexang Village
   7913 Champa Ave,
   Broussard, LA 70518
   337-364-3403
   Website
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Joe Shedlo plays guitar on Royal St.
5. Postcard from Louisiana, part 2. Michelle Erenberg and Robin Barber from Lift Louisiana invite people to attend a Advocacy Day in Baton Rouge on April 11 to demand equality for women. 

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253. Melanie Oubre, part 2

253. Women's History. Part 2 of our interview with Melanie Oubre. Emerge Louisiana recruits and trains women to run for office. Emerge Louisiana launched in 2017 as the premier campaign-training program for Democratic women in the state. Emerge inspires women to run for public office, and hones their skills to win. Our goal is clear: to increase the number of Democratic women in all levels of public office throughout the state. Emerge Louisiana is one of 23 other state affiliates that are part of the national organization, Emerge America.

1. This week in Louisiana history. March 25, 1793. Pope Pius VI established the Diocese of Louisiana.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Broad Street Overpass. March 24, 1953.  "New Orleans traffic, once blocked by obsolete old canal and numerous railroad tracks, now moves smoothly over S. Broad Overpass in center of city. This is one of 11 grade separation structures completed to date in New Orleans' integrated Union Passenger Terminal and grade separation program. Other projects are now now under construction."
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Pyrate Week
   March 30-April 8, 2018
   From the last weekend of March through the first weekend of April every year, the citizens of New Orleans celebrate NOLA Pyrate Week - 10 days of swashbuckling, art, music, food, events and general camaraderie among the Pyrates of Louisiana - past & present - and their mates from around the globe!
   Click here for the full schedule. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrh!
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Aislinn Kerchaert writes some Mystical Poetry for the Louisiana Anthology. You can find her on Royal St. in New Orleans.

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252. Melanie Oubre, part 1

252. Women's History Month. Part one of our interview with Melanie Oubre, who works with Emerge, Louisiana. Emerge Louisiana recruits and trains women to run for office. Emerge Louisiana launched in 2017 as the premier campaign-training program for Democratic women in the state. Emerge inspires women to run for public office, and hones their skills to win. Our goal is clear: to increase the number of Democratic women in all levels of public office throughout the state. Emerge Louisiana is one of 23 other state affiliates that are part of the national organization, Emerge America.

1. This week in Louisiana history. March 17, 1791. Baron de Carondelet de Noyelles is appointed governor-general of Louisiana.
2. This week in New Orleans history. According to Buddy Stall, on March 17, 1930, the first "coffee break" in the United States occured when the "managers of the Delta Steamship Company, then the Mississippi Steamship Company, summoned their 80 employees in the Hibernia Bank building and initiated a daily 3:30 p.m. coffee recess. Company scouts had found the custom to be very well-received in Brazil and adopted the idea for its New Orleans office. The tradition started by the shipping company spread like wildfire, and in a short time completely saturated the entire metropolitan area, which only goes to prove good news travels fast."
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Louisiana Crawfish Festival
   March 22 – 25, 2018 
   St. Bernard Parish Government Complex site
   Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center
   8200 West Judge Perez Dr.,
   Chalmette, Louisiana
   The Louisiana Crawfish Festival is located in Beautiful and Historical St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana which is rich with heritage, moss covered oak trees, creole tomatoes, Louisiana Bayous, shrimp boats, oyster luggers, oil refineries, and is a fisherman’s haven. St. Bernard Parish is the home of the Battle of New Orleans site over-looking the mighty Mississippi River
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Bruce meets the Tip Jar Junkies on Royal St. 

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