Most Louisianans no longer speak French, but a growing number of schools are now immersing kids in it. At École ...

Flashback: Louisiana was under French and Spanish rule until the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. It became a state in 1812. What he said: "Here, women and ... because white Creoles, Afro-descendants ...

Nellie Murray learned to cook from her mother and grandmother, who were enslaved by the 14th governor of Louisiana, Paul Octave Hébert.

You had a language that was actually created in Louisiana that is on the verge of disappearing. “The language Kouri Vini, which is French Creole language, was very prevalent. As a matter of fact ...

When enslaved Africans were taken to the French colony ... Native women would sell the ground leaves in the markets across rural Louisiana. As Elie learned in his Creole gumbo-adhering household ...

With time, the Acadians in Louisiana became known as the Cajuns, which is where Cajun French comes from. And then there's Creole, a variety of restructured French created by enslaved Africans.