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Louisiana

Strike Breaks Out at Angola Prison As Momentum Builds for National Prison Strike

A report on a work stoppage at Louisiana's notorious Angola prison, and the upcoming call for a US…

Albert Woodfox Black Panther and Prison Organiser in his own words

Albert Woodfox a Black Panther member in Louisiana helped found the Angola Prison chapter of the…
Wallace Wilkerson and Woodfox, the three leading Black Panther Militants

The Rise and Fall of the Angola Prison Chapter of the Black Panther Party: Herman Wallace

A short history of the forming of the only Black Panther Party chapter in prison,…
A modern painting of the 1811 revolt

The German coast uprising of 1811

A short history of possibly the largest slave uprising in the United States, in Louisiana in 1811, written by Rhae Lynn Barnes.

The Brotherhood of Timber Workers 1910-1913: A radical response to industrial capitalism in the southern USA

A journal article by James R. Green on the the violent struggle between the…
Louisiana cane cutters circa 1880

The Thibodaux massacre, 1887

One of the most interesting, and probably least known events in Louisiana history is the Thibodaux Massacre of 1887, the second most bloody labor…

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