In Civil Rights Movement, Louisiana Often Led the Way

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During the Civil Rights Movement, Louisiana achieved many firsts, thanks to the innovation and dedication of its citizens.

In 1953, it held the movement’s first bus boycott, brilliantly creating a system that provided free rides for those boycotting public buses. The free ride system used in Baton Rouge was duplicated in Montgomery two years later during the bus boycott there…

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