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unusual facts about south Louisiana



Raymond Spencer Rodgers

Louisiana should fight to preserve the French language," he noted. "But unless the fight starts now . . . all is lost.” Rodgers called for closer ties between south Louisiana and French Canada, and was appointed by Louisiana governor John McKeithen to map out the Quebec-Louisiana Cultural Agreement, which arranged for artistic, educational, and economic exchanges between the two regions.


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Black turtle bean

Black turtle bean is a small, shiny variety of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), especially popular in Latin American cuisine, though it can also be found in Cajun and Creole cuisines of south Louisiana.

Ernie Alexander

That year, Alexander joined more than thirty legislative colleagues in endorsing the unsuccessful gubernatorial candidacy of former House Speaker Hunt Downer of Houma, the seat of Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana.

Overton Brooks

After winning an easy closed Democratic primary race, Waggonner faced a stronger-than-usual Republican challenger in Charlton Lyons, a Shreveport oilman originally from Vermilion Parish in south Louisiana.