Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of violence. Reader discretion is advised. In a bold swap engineered by a Black man and a white man
Simon Abney-Hastings, the 15th Earl of Loudon, will be the bearer of the great golden spurs on 6 May. But that doesn’t cut much ice in the town where Nick Cave grew up
Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear how descendants of a victim and a perpetrator of the 1837 Colfax massacre came together to unveil a new memorial that tells the true story of the white supremacist mass murder of Black men. Plus, we hear what’s on deck for the 37th annual Festival International de Louisiane.