Baton Rouge

Violence, 2015, 1). "37% of unarmed people killed by police were black in 2015 despite black people being only 13% of the population" (Mapping Police Violence, 2015, 1) and only 10 cases were charged. Currently, there are protests and riots in Baton Rouge. On Tuesday, it was confirmed that two officers will not be charged for shooting of an unarmed black man named Sterling. He was selling CDs on the side of a store, when an officer told him to place his hands on the hood of his car. When he…

there is harm caused. The judicial system has begun to strongly debate if they should decriminalize polygamist practices for such reasons. Considering the lack of enforcement against polygamous practices, Casey Faucon, associate attorney at the Baton Rouge office of Kean Miller, determines that polygamy does not solely cause harm (“Decriminalizing Polygamy”,20). According to Faucon, since polygamy is mostly practiced for religious purposes such as the Mormon church, Muslim Americans, and African…

Introduction Designer babies used to be something that was only in science fiction books, but now, scientists are very close to being able to create them. There are many unknowns with designer babies such as will they be used to create healthier babies only, or will everything be about making the “perfect” looking baby. That is just one example of many. However, what could possibly be one of the most harmful consequences of designer babies is a reduced gene pool that could be caused by the…

The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened its doors on September 24, 2016, for its visitors to exclusively acknowledge the documentations of African American lives, past and present. Although the museum itself does not provide an extensive collection of stories of bygone eras, the contemporary stories that the museum provides have a lot to tell in regards to the African American history, culture, and community. However, the stories themselves are not the only…

In 1988, the Louisiana Legislature reorganized the State’s health and human services agency creating the Department of Social Services (DSS). On July 1, 2010 the Department of Social Services, by law, became the Department of Children and Family Services. The Department of Children and Family Services Orleans (DCFS), Located at 1450 Poydras St. Suite 1600, New Orleans, LA 70112. DCFS mission is working to keep children safe, helping individuals and families become self-sufficient, and providing…

the petrochemical plants. There is a region where there have been so many cases of cancer, so much inexplicable illness and death, that the corridor has become known as Cancer Alley, an 85-mile stretch of over 200 petrochemical facilities between Baton Rouge and New Orleans (Trymaine 3). This region runs along the Mississippi river and has displayed higher levels of poverty where the oil plants are located. The woman being interviewed for “Cancer Alley: Big Industry, Big Problems,” is Brunetta…

Plessey who in actuality was 1/8th African Americans, rose to the challenge and tried to combat this cruel system. He was a member of an organization dedicated to fighting these unjust atrocities by using methods of civil disobedience. On his way to Baton Rouge from New Orleans, Plessey defied the rail road instructor and refused to sit in the segregated area of the train. By doing so, Plessey was arrested. He then petitioned the Louisiana Supreme Court in a writ against a man named Ferguson who…

In the article, the author mentions that when a man named Norris F Rabalais was a child, there were no “Navigation Locks” in Mississippi, and this is one of the topics in the article that I have decided to write about. To be precise, the first system of navigation locks that were built in the state of Mississippi were authorized for construction is 1930, and this allowed larger “river vessels” to safely navigate the areas where the locks were, as the new lock would raise the water level through…

Environmental change and racialization have long been interconnected in the history of the environment, particularly since World War II. Hurricane Katrina is a primary example of an environmental event that depicts the connection between change and racialization established in environmental history. The documentary “Mine: Taken by Katrina” is more than a story of tales debriefing the separation of pets and their owners, it further serves as an example of the ways government policies, business…

Why Should I Believe Why should I believe is a question I cought my self asking several time in my life. But you maybe thinking believe in what? Well if you are asking that question the answer is GOD! Maybe you are asking your self the same question. Well if you continue to read you will soon learn about my spiritual battle and maybe it can help you with your. I can remember when i was younger always telling my grandmother that I wanted to be a preacher when I got older and to this day I…