The Opelousas massacre also set the stage for future acts of violence and intimidation. “Lynching became routinized in Louisiana, a systematic way by which whites sought to assert white ...

They said there were 3,000 people gathered in Washington (La.) in 1868 ... of survivors of the Thibodaux Massacre; and James Guidry, author of an article on the Opelousas incident.

Four people have been arrested for a shooting in Opelousas that resulted in a teen's death and police initially thought was accidentally self-inflicted. Opelousas police ...

The Rev. Laurent De Prins, pastor of Epiphany Opelousas Episcopal Church, said he did not learn about the massacre in school, even though he took a Louisiana history class in college. "I even went ...

The St. Martinville NAACP hosted a candlelight vigil in memory of those lost in the Opelousas Massacre that occurred ... part of St. Landry's history, and Louisiana, and American history.

The pope’s family history of “gens de couleur libre,” or free people of color, can be traced back to Opelousas, a ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY) — A vigil held in St. Landry Parish Wednesday remembered the victims of the Opelousas Massacre 154 years ago that killed nearly 300 Black people. It happened Sept.

OPELOUSAS, La. — The Opelousas Police Department is currently investigating two shooting incidents that have occurred over the past few days. The first shooting occurred shortly after 7:30 pm ...

Thu, September 29, 2022 at 4:36 AM UTC I was in the packed hall at Davos to hear Trump speak. The audience went from laughter to silence in seconds. Elizabeth Warren tells Elon Musk she's 'happy ...