Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A dark day in Louisiana history had lasting effects on the nation's delicate attempt to integrate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ancestors of Dean Woods (left) and the Rev. Avery Hamilton were on opposite sides of the Colfax Massacre that occurred April ...

April 13 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1742, George Frideric Handel's "Messiah" made its world premiere. In 1873, a mob of former Confederate soldiers and Ku Klux Klan members killed dozens of ...

Prologue -- "Wholesale murder" -- From plantation to parish -- Power struggle -- War -- Blood on the red -- Black-letter law -- Manhunt -- Louisiana on trial -- A ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Residents of Shreveport are invited to an important panel discussion addressing past racial issues. St. Mark’s Cathedral invites the public to its “Bridging the Gap” ...

Uncover the story behind Colfax, Louisiana’s tragic Easter Sunday and the monuments that still mark its legacy—find out the full details. Sign up for our daily top stories newsletter so you don't miss ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A dark day in Louisiana history had lasting effects on the nation’s delicate attempt to integrate newly freed enslaved Blacks into the fabric of the red, white, and blue.

The ancestors of the Rev. Avery Hamilton and Dean Woods were on opposite sides of the Colfax Massacre that occurred on April 13, 1873, during the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War. Hamilton, ...