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Frank Morris (30 October 1914 – 14 December 1964) was an American businessman who died as a result of arson to his shoe shop in Ferriday, Louisiana, a city with a history of racial violence. There have been allegations of witness intimidation, evidence tampering, and involvement by local law enforcement.
Ferriday is a town in Concordia Parish, which borders the Mississippi River and is located on the central eastern border of Louisiana, United States. With a population of 3,511 at the 2010 census, [2] it is an African-American majority town. The town claims to have produced more famous people per square mile than any other in America.
James H. "Jim" Brown, state senator (1972–1980), Louisiana secretary of state (1980–1988), and insurance commissioner (1992–2000) Charles C. Cordill, Louisiana state senator representing Concordia and Tensas parishes from 1884 to 1912 [21] Brenham C. Crothers, Ferriday cattleman; state senator from delta parishes from 1948 to 1952 and ...
The group formed in 1964 at the Shamrock Motor Hotel in Vidalia, Louisiana by Raleigh Jackson "Red" Glover, [2] amidst dissatisfaction at the lack of forceful action by Klan groups in the region. The group killed a black man, Frank Morris, by arson in Ferriday, Louisiana , and is suspected in two car bombings of NAACP leaders in Natchez ...
Who's in, who's out of race for Louisiana's new majority Black congressional district seat. Gannett. Greg Hilburn, Shreveport Times. January 24, 2024 at 10:56 AM.
Republicans will reclaim the Louisiana governor’s office, CNN projects, with state Attorney General Jeff Landry winning a majority of the vote Saturday in the state’s “jungle primary” and ...
[3] Name on the Register Image Date listed [4] Location City or town Description 1: Canebrake: August 29, 1982 (Along Maxwell Road, about 2.9 miles (4.7 km) east of Spokane, Louisiana and about 9.7 miles (15.6 km) northeast of Ferriday
Louisiana's new majority Black 6th Congressional District boundaries stretch from Baton Rouge to Alexandria to Acadiana to Shreveport.