KKK

Threats, bombings marked resistance to civil rights

David Whatley, the first black student to integrate Ferriday High in 1966, returned from tortuous days at school only to face just as many threats outside his home.

Louisana’s KKK history recalled after Charlottesville

Focus is back on the Ku Klux Klan following the tragic violence in Charlottesville last week. The Southern Poverty Law Center released data alleging that the Klan is still active in Louisiana, particularly in the central and northwest part of the state.

Free press is essential

The following is from The Advocate. The so-called “traditional media” has been a whipping boy this year, blamed for evils large and small. Are journalists perfect? Far from it.