Terence Blanchard at The Met!
Louisiana native Terence O. Blanchard is the first Black artist to debut an original Opera at the famous Metropolitan Opera House. “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” is based on the memoir of Charles M. Blow, another Black Louisianan. Blow is a Best-Selling Author, New York Times columnist, CNN Contributor, and the host of Prime with Charles […]
Know your history: Norbert Rillieux’s ‘sweet’ invention
The next time you use sugar or taste something sweet – and that is about every day — you might want to know that a BLACK MAN once considered the most sought after chemist and engineer in Louisiana, is responsible for perfecting the way sugar was processed.
Freedom or death: In moving tribute, group reenacts largest slave rebellion in nation’s history
On Nov. 8 and 9, in Louisiana, American artist Dread Scott and a group of supporters examined a significant milestone in our nation’s past with his latest collaborative project, Slave Rebellion Reenactment (SRR), which reimagined the largest rebellion of enslaved people in the history of the United States.
