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WebIn DeWitty, Black homesteaders formed a baseball team — the Sluggers — that played teams from neighboring white towns. Occasionally, Black homesteaders dodged the “separate but equal” norms of the Jim Crow era. DeWitty’s most prominent couple, a white man named Charles Meehan and his Black wife, Hester, lived in open violation of ... WebMar 16, 2024 · In her new book “Black Homesteaders of the South, ” the descendants of Black Homesteaders of Louisiana share 19 stories representing nine parishes: Ascension, Bossier, Claiborne, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, Washington, and West Feliciana. canale 5 su sky

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