Meet the sisters who purchased Woodland Plantation

Twins Jo and Joy Banners purchased the home where their ancestors were enslaved, Woodland Plantation, which was also the location of America’s largest slave revolt, the 1811 German Coast Uprising.

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Dr. Charles Prudhomme

Dr. Charles Prudhomme, physician, psychoanalyst, and the first Black Vice President of the American Psychiatric Association.

Painting Once Thought to Portray Marie Laveau Sells for Nearly $1 million

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The Lost Graves of Louisiana's Enslaved People

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