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Shreveport is home to championship boxing this weekend with Sam's Town set to host 11 bouts. Two of those fights are for ...
SHREVEPORT, La. - American Kombat Alliance boxing returns to Shreveport Saturday at Sam's Town Hotel & Casino. David 'Ol ...
State of Black Shreveport sponsors include AmeriHealth, Cawthorne Financial Group, Alpha Media, Cawthorne & Doran and Southern University of Shreveport. Schedule of Events Friday, February 14, 2025 ...
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The ‘State of Black Shreveport‘ (“SOBS”) will host a symposium and economic summit featuring a vendor fair, a Generational Town Hall Meeting, and a panel ...
But we do know it was open in 1931. Clipping about the Black Cat cafe in Plain Dealing, Louisiana, taken from pp. 5 of The Shreveport Journal, Nov. 5, 1931 ...
After Shreveport’s Lakeside Gardens apartment complex, the brainchild of Rev. Amos Terrell in 1969, announced $38.1 million in renovations, Louisiana political figures celebrated the much-needed ...
A federal three-judge panel in Shreveport is hearing a lawsuit that contends Louisiana's new congressional map and second Black district are illegal.
Begin your tour of Shreveport history by visiting the Calanthean Temple on Texas Avenue at 9:45 a.m. Then, stop in for the lecture and panel discussion at Centenary’s Kilpatrick Auditorium at 6: ...
Universal Oil, Gas and Mining Company was the first black-owned oil company in the United States. Its headquarters was located at 1051 ½ Texas Avenue in Shreveport. UOGMC got its start at the ...