It was one of the first
moments in the Washington spotlight for junior congressman Mike
Johnson. In 2019, the Republican from Louisiana was the ranking
member of a U.S. House subcommittee discussing. -December 20, 2023 at 07:00 am EST
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Racial violence in or near Catahoula
and Concordia parishes continued for decades after the Civil
War: 1873: Black residents made a stand at the Colfax courthouse,
some 50 miles from. -December 13, 2023 at 07:00 am EST
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About a month
after the Civil War began, a slaveholding ancestor of current
U.S. Congressman French Hill seemed confident about the future.
“Lincoln can’t starve me out unless he takes my land.