NEW YORK (AP) — The Rolling Stones'Mick Jagger sings in swaggering French. Louisiana native Lucinda Williams delivers a slow, ...

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 ...

The exhibit, which opened last year, is the first of its kind in Colorado — a permanent show featuring works solely by women ... culture, her Louisiana Creole heritage and the African diaspora ...

Born to an Avegno, a wealthy, plantation-owning Creole family in Louisiana with ancestry in ... as a “professional beauty”—a term for women who advanced their social standing through their ...

While many black and Creole ... Prior to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, New Orleans had a full-blown opera scene. The Théâtre d’Orléans operated from 1819 to 1859, and the French Opera ...

in Louisiana, but also beyond. For example, our exhibition on Creole cultures was set up at the United Nations in New York," Bazenet said. The state had more than a million French speakers before ...

In France's overseas departments, Creole language and culture are seen as a bulwark against racism and standardisation. The concept of "Créoleness" was developed in the late 1980s, in the wake of ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we get a preview of the state legislative session, which kicks off Monday. We also hear about ...

The website also includes links to the actual Louisiana state ... New Orleans’ famed French Quarter remains unchanged, still steeped in its rich French, Spanish, and Creole history.

Below are 13 items French women are sure to keep in their pantries, based on my observations living with a French family as their au pair, snooping my friends’ cupboards and grilling a New York ...