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(06/02/20) BATON ROUGE, La. — June 1 marked the official beginning of hurricane season, but two named storms appeared in May.
(06/02/20) BATON ROUGE, La. — June 1 marked the official beginning of hurricane season, but two named storms appeared in May.
By Hailey Auglair
LSU Manship School News Service
Cosetta “Cosettie” Jackson was the Deacon’s treasurer in Jonesboro. He worked as a taxi driver and was arrested in March 1965 amid a boycott at Jackson High School.
Photo courtesy Kimberly Thompson-Reese
Deacons Olen Satcher (left) and F.D. Kirkpatrick (middle) stand with associate Willie Stringer (right). Kirkpatrick and Satcher were coaches at Jackson High School in Jonesboro.
Photo courtesy Joyce Amos Smith and Mary Jackson
The Deacons were recognized as a nonprofit corporation, according to papers filed March 9, 1965, with the Louisiana Secretary of State. The charter noted the Deacons’ purpose was to “instruct, teach and educate Citizens of the United States and especially minority groups in the fundamental principles of the republican form of government and our democratic way of life.”
CORE volunteers, workers and local activists gather to rebuild Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Jonesboro, one of the two black churches destroyed by arsonists in January 1965. The Deacons protected college student volunteers who aided the rebuild project. Shown are, front row, left to right, Alvin Culpepper, unidentified volunteer, Charlie Fenton (CORE), Rev. E. H. Houston (church pastor), Duffy (dog). Second row, fifth from left, Cathy Patterson (CORE). Top row, fourth from left, Ronnie Moore (CORE). In the doorway, left to right, Mike Lesser (CORE) and Jonesboro residents Eddie Scott, Lee Gilbert, and Freeman Knox.
Photo courtesy of the Ronnie Moore Papers, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, LA
Jonesboro Klansmen placed a coffin outside of the Freedom House to intimidate CORE workers. Written on the sign: “Martin Luther King member of or accepts support from- over 60 communist fronts (Karl Prussian FBI Counterspy).”
Photo courtesy of the Ronnie Moore Papers, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans
NOTE: This is the first of a series of four stories.
By Katherine Manuel
LSU Manship School News Service
LAFAYETTE--“I can’t breathe.” “Black lives matter.” “No justice, no peace.” “Hands up, don’t shoot.”
Natchitoches Parish – On May 30, 2020, shortly after 2:30 a.m., Louisiana State Police Troop E responded to a fatal crash on Interstate 49 near mile marker 146.