It took the nation’s first bus boycott in Baton Rouge, the Canal Street sit-ins in New Orleans, and a 105-mile march from Bogalusa to the State Capitol to put Louisiana at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement. Preachers, students, lawyers, businesspeople, housekeepers — courageous Louisianans from all walks of life — exercised their rights to protest peacefully during the Civil Rights Movement for desegregation, equal hiring and housing practices and voting rights. The fight was never easy, and it was often cruel. The stories of our Civil Rights activists will always be inspirational. Explore the protests and confrontations that were a stepping stone to Making Rights Real.
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It took the nation’s first bus boycott in Baton Rouge, the Canal Street sit-ins in New Orleans and a 105-mile march from Bogalusa to the State Capitol to put Louisiana at the forefront of the Modern Civil Rights Movement.