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The Deacons for Defense and Justice was an armed African-American self-defense group founded in November 1964, during the civil rights era in the United States, in the mill town of Jonesboro, Louisiana. On February 21, 1965—the day of Malcolm X 's assassination —the first affiliated chapter was founded in Bogalusa, Louisiana, followed by a ...
Bogalusa (/ ˌ b oʊ ɡ ə ˈ l uː s ə / BOH-gə-LOO-sə) is a city in Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,232 at the 2010 census . In the 2020 census the city reported a population of 10,659.
Tyrin Truong, (born June 10, 1999), in Mandeville, Louisiana, is the current and youngest Mayor of Bogalusa, Louisiana. [1][2] He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. [3] He is the grandson of a Vietnamese immigrant who fought in the Vietnam War and his mother is a U.S. Army veteran. He also has a young son and is planning on ...
JayDaYoungan was memorialized this weekend in his native Bogalusa, Louisiana,11 days after he was shot outside of a home and The post Slain rapper JayDaYoungan remembered as generous, providing ...
Washington Parish (French: Paroisse de Washington; Spanish: Parroquia de Washington) is a parish located in the interior southeast corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana, one of the Florida Parishes. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,463. [2] Its parish seat is Franklinton. [3] Its largest city is Bogalusa.
Bogalusa sawmill killings. The Bogalusa saw mill killings were a series of racially motivated attacks that occurred on November 22, 1919, resulting in the deaths of four labor organizers. These attacks took place in Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States, and were orchestrated by the white paramilitary group known as the Self-Preservation and ...
Community members come together for a vigil in Monroe, Ga., on Friday for the victims of the shooting at Apalachee High School. “He was my coach and it’s tough to know he won’t be coming ...
Clarence Triggs (1942 – July 30, 1966) was a married African-American bricklayer and veteran, who was murdered on July 30, 1966, in Bogalusa, Louisiana, about a month after participating in a civil rights march for voting. [1] Two white men were arrested and indicted in the case. One was acquitted and the other never tried.