Associated tags: National Trust, Health, Judicial district, Culture, Caesars Superdome, History, Black, National Trust for Historic Preservation, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Louisiana Superdome, Plant, Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cancer, Corps, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Engineer, National Urban League, Asthma, Grain, Whitney Plantation Historic District
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River Parishes Commonly known as Woodland Plantation, the site was acquired by The Descendants Project to ensure its protection and to amplify the history of freedom-seeking men and women who initiated the German Coast Uprising in 1811.
Key Points:
- Commonly known as Woodland Plantation, the site was acquired by The Descendants Project to ensure its protection and to amplify the history of freedom-seeking men and women who initiated the German Coast Uprising in 1811.
- The Descendants Project has championed the truthful telling of St. John Parish’s rich African American history, the preservation of Black historic sites, and the inclusion of Black descendants in the sustainable culture and heritage economy that Louisiana offers.
- The announcement, which comes during Black History Month, puts the plantation under Black ownership for the first time in its 231-year history.
- Environmental justice, particularly the “Plantation to Plant throughline” will be a focus of the site’s interpretation and educational programming.
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Judicial district Wallace, La., Aug. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Joy and Jo Banner, founders of the Descendants Project, issued the statement below following a ruling today in their favor by Judge J.
Key Points:
- Wallace, La., Aug. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Joy and Jo Banner, founders of the Descendants Project, issued the statement below following a ruling today in their favor by Judge J.
- “We thank the Court for ruling that the Greenfield site in Wallace be returned to residential zoning, which will prevent the continued development of environmentally devastating projects like the proposed Greenfield Terminal.
- We are hopeful this ruling puts an end to the illegal 30-year-old rezoning ordinance that categorized the historic St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana as an industrial area.
- The Descendants Project is a 501c3 nonprofit organization established to support descendant communities in river parishes working together to dismantle the legacies of slavery and to achieve a healed and liberated future.
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Judicial district “Greenfield Louisiana LLC, a company from Denver, wants to erase this vital history by building what would be one of the world’s largest grain elevators - the Greenfield Terminal - in the heart of this historic area,” the petition reads.
Key Points:
- “Greenfield Louisiana LLC, a company from Denver, wants to erase this vital history by building what would be one of the world’s largest grain elevators - the Greenfield Terminal - in the heart of this historic area,” the petition reads.
- Sterling Snowdy of the 40th Judicial District in Louisiana battling a decades-old rezoning ordinance that illegally categorized the historic St. John the Baptist Parish in Louisiana as an industrial area.
- Go to https://only.one/act/we-love-wallace to view and sign the petition.
- The Descendants Project is a 501c3 nonprofit organization established to support descendant communities in river parishes working together to dismantle the legacies of slavery and to achieve a healed and liberated future.
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Judicial district The Descendants Project was formed by sisters Joy Banner and Jo Banner of Wallace, La., to preserve and protect the health, land and lives of the Black descendant community in Louisiana’s River Parishes.
Key Points:
- The Descendants Project was formed by sisters Joy Banner and Jo Banner of Wallace, La., to preserve and protect the health, land and lives of the Black descendant community in Louisiana’s River Parishes.
- The site in dispute is adjacent to two former plantations — one of which is also a slavery museum — that likely contain important archaeological resources, including the remains of unmarked burial grounds for enslaved people.
- to board the bus)
10-10:30 a.m. – Press Conference in front of the Caire Stores at 2403 LA Hwy 18, Edgard, La.
- Interview/Questions (Jo and Joy Banner will be available for media questions)
1 p.m. – Whitney Plantation and Evergreen Plantation are open for tours – No charge to media and community members.
