Tag: American History

Louisiana State Museum’s Riveting New Exhibit to Document Tragedy and Rebirth After Katrina

NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Hurricane Katrina’s deluge was Biblical. When it hit Louisiana and Mississippi the morning of August 29, 2005, the storm caused fearsome destruction. Then the disaster grew worse. The levees – the man-made walls built to pro…

Rare Photo of Slave Children Found in North Carolina Attic

RALEIGH,
NC (AP).- A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a
North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John, barefoot and
wearing
ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next to another unidentified young
boy. Art
historians beli…

Rare Photo of Slave Children Found in North Carolina Attic

RALEIGH, NC (AP).- A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John, barefoot and wearing ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next to another unidentified young boy. Art historians believe it’s an extre…

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