574. Lynette Mejia. Library Defender. — Corrected.

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."

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!



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


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.


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

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