Bienville Parish

Willie Bester is a mixed media artist who was born near Cape Town in 1956 and grew up as a mixed race, or coloured person, during the times of Apartheid (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). He displayed elements of his artistic abilities during his childhood, and soon grew up to put his negativity about his segregated surroundings into artwork (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). One of his most powerful works is titled “Forced Removals”, which showcases the displacement of people due to segregation. The…

French colonial law provided the means for a number of slaves to obtain freedom; this group came to form a prosperous class of farmers, tradesmen, and business people. By the 1850s nearly half of the free people of color living in the St. Martinville parish were urbanites, where in the city they were involved in the building trades. Their story is highlighted by the work of Dennis Paul Williams, which can be viewed currently in the African American Museum in St. Martinville. Acadians, Creoles,…

Gibsland – Coleman School Complex is the smallest school in Bienville Parish. Gibsland’s physical plant consists of two separate school buildings connected by a covered external walkway. The school is a complex school therefore, one side consist of K – 6th grade students and the other 7th – 12th grade students. The school has a typical one – story ranch style layout, with average classroom sizes not exceeding 900 sq. ft. The physical school building is over 30 years old and has only…

Algiers is the part of the New Orleans on the west bank of the Mississippi River. Officially it is the Fifth Municipal District and Fifteenth ward of the Orleans Parish. Algiers Point resides within Algiers, the only part of New Orleans located on the West Bank. According to the National Register Historic Places, Algiers Point is the second oldest neighborhood in New Orleans, the first being the French Quarter (Bronston 171). Algiers Point is boarder by the curve of the Mississippi River on…

a rendezvous in case they were separated, and Methvin did get separated from the pair in Shreveport. The full posse, consisting of Captain Hamer, Dallas County Sheriff's Deputies Alcorn and Ted Hinton, former Texas Ranger B.M. "Manny" Gault, Bienville Parish Sheriff Henderson Jordan and his deputy Prentiss Oakley, set up an ambush at the rendezvous point along Louisiana State Highway 154 south of Gibsland toward Sailes. Hinton recounted that their group was in place by 9:00 pm on the 21st and…

Spanish rule, and was the first resident surgeon of the Charity Hospital in New Orleans. Dr. Montegut’s wife, Francoise Delisle Dupart’s family came to Louisiana with Bienville. One of their sons and grandfather of Gabriel, Edgar Montegut was the mayor of New Orleans in 1844 and established St. Sophie Plantation in Plaquemine Parish. His son, Louis Gabriel Montegut (I), married Marie Odile Desmare, granddaughter of James Pitot, the first American mayor of New Orleans. Montegut, (Sr.) was a…

Strain theory was developed by Robert K. Merton, Merton believed there was a disjunction between socially approved means to success and legitimate cultural goals. This belief leads him to document and establish a theory to explain the different reactions and behaviors exhibited by those in response to societal pressures, strain theory isn’t a perfect application to my subjects Boone and Clyde, though it does explain some of the actions taken by the couple. Clyde Barrow had many issues in society…

Oklahoma These murders set into motion the events that would lead to Bonnie and Clyde's demise. Event #8: Be sure to include the date place and time of events when available! Bonnie and Clyde eventually sought refuge at Methvins family farm in Bienville Parish Louisiana. But when Hamer and his posse learned of their whereabouts Methvins father betrayed the famous outlaws in exchange for amnesty for his son. On May 23 1934 Bonnie and Clyde were driving down a Louisiana back road when they saw…