This Saturday, the “Good Trouble Lives On” protest rally, held in honor of civil rights leader John Lewis and his legendary call for “good trouble, necessary trouble” is expanding to New Iberia, preceding the national July 17 event.
New Iberia, like many towns, especially in the Deep South, has seen its share of racial strife. In 1944, the founders of a new local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People were driven out of town by the sheriff. Fast forward 80 years, and attendees of a Christmas parade last year returned to their cars to find them spray-painted with racial slurs.
With that history in mind, organizer Matthew Isaak says this is an especially important moment to engage those who may have become detached from politics…