NOLA Now Reporter Shan Bailey takes us inside the Louisiana Civil Rights Museum and learns about the important role our state played in that movement ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 20.

The Decareaux House, aka the Creole House Museum, on Friday, December 20, 2024 in French Settlement, Louisiana. STAFF PHOTO BY MICHAEL JOHNSON The Luther V and Josie N. Sexton House on Friday ...

Louisiana had the highest number of Black troops in the war, with approximately 24,000 Black men fighting, said U.S.C.T. historian Jerilyn James Lee.