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Charlie Duthu remembers his school days fondly despite the racially segregated arrangement enforced in Terrebonne Parish and across the South. Duthu, a 73-year-old United Houma Nation tribal member, attended Daigleville School while the parish operated a public school system that segregated campuses three ways: all white, all Black, all Native American. “I’m glad that the School Board allowed us to have our own school, said Duthu, who graduated from the Houma school in 1966. There was a stigma back then against us. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down racial segregation in public schools with the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, but Terrebonne still divided students according to their skin color. ....
A Terrebonne Parish committee voted Monday to increase the pay rate for the parish attorney, but not all council members were on board. Meeting as the Budget and Finance Committee, the parish council voted to approve an agreement between the parish and Houma law firm Hebert & Marceaux LLC for legal work at $150 an hour. Jules Hebert will continue serving as parish attorney and Brian Marceaux will serve as assistant parish attorney. Michelle Neil, Harley Papa, Christian St. Martin and Derick Bercegeay will work as assistant parish attorneys. The parish previously paid $127 an hour for legal services. Council members Danny Babin and Gerald Michel voted against the increase. ....