574. We talk to Lynette Mejia about her defense of the Lafayette Library system. Louisiana
born and raised, Lynette has
become one of the faces of the anti-censorship movement in
Lafayette, co-founding Lafayette Citizens Against Censorship and
Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship. "The board," Mejia said,
"has a very specific far-right Christian nationalist worldview
and seems bent on imposing it on the library and changing its
programming and collections to fit that world view."

1. Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy.
   The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it
   as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in
   print for the first time in 220 years. Order your copy today!
   
   
   


2. This week in Louisiana history. May 18 1896. LA. case of
   Plessy v. Ferguson, "seperate but equal"


3. This week in New Orleans history. On May 18, 1959, the song
   "Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton became the number-one
   country single.
   
   


4. This week in Louisiana.
   
   Mudbug Madness
   
   May 24-26, 2024
   
   101 Crockett Street
   
   Shreveport, LA 71101
   
   Phone: (318) 226-5641
   
   Website.
   
   What began in 1984 as a two-day street festival in downtown
   Shreveport is now one of Louisiana's largest and most popular
   Cajun festivals, featuring country, pop, blues, and the very
   best in zydeco music.
   
       Three Days
   
       Two Stages
   
       Thirty Bands
   
       Food & Art/Craft Vendors
   
       Kids On The Bayou Children's Area
   
       Crawfish Eating Contests
   
       Plenty Of Boiled Crawfish & Cold
   Beverages
   
   A three-day festival held each Memorial Day weekend, Mudbug
   Madness is nationally recognized as one of the Southeast
   Tourism Society's Top 20 Events and the American Bus
   Association's Top 100 Events in the nation.
   
   


5. Postcards from Louisiana. Drums in Congo Square on Easter
   Sunday, 2024. 

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