A Step Back in Time by Hasti Khatami https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3 1940s Louisiana en-us 2019-10-07 12:31:58 UTC 2023-01-22 14:02:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Politics in 1940s Louisiana, particularly the death penalty ismaifra181 https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394398461 The death penalty in Louisiana was common it was used in gang violence and by many mobs. Many of these cases were solved by a homicide investigation instead of a gang related killing. Resulting in the continuous acts of violence for tens of years. ]]> 2019-10-07 12:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394398461 Education in 1940s Louisiana khathast240 https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394398776 Since the birth of public schools in New Orleans in 1841, the battle to ensure equity for all students has been waged on many different fronts, in different forms, and against different foes.
During the 1939-1940 school year, the average state expenditure per white child was $62.99, and $17.17 per Black child. In 1937-1938, the average annual salary paid to white teachers was $1,193, and $504 for Black teachers. That same school year, the average number of students enrolled per teacher at white schools was 27.5, and 41.8 at Black schools. 
From 1917 to 1942, John McDonogh #35 was the first and only Black high school in the city.
]]> 2019-10-07 12:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394398776 Race Relations in 1940s Louisiana including information on white supremacy and lynching ismaifra181 https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394402390 Lynching was very common during the 1940s many people had been killed. It was almost defiantly done by blacks by white supremacists especially by mobs. The killings resulted in some protests and acts of retaliation, but most had been disregarded or people killed. Racial segregation was encouraged in the 40s to decrease  the interactions between race. When later evaluating the the time period you would notice a decrease in race related crimes from the 19th century. Most likely due the race related crimes , but also a  authorities tightening their grip on the crime rate. ]]> 2019-10-07 12:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394402390 The Trial of Willie Francis khathast240 https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394982038 Willie Francis was a black teenager visiting his sister in Port Arthur in March 1946, the police arrested him and charged him for being a drug dealers accomplice, after they couldn't connect him to the drug dealer they started questioning him about the murder of a pharmacists. Willie was charged with dubious evidence against him, his appointed lawyers reversed his plea, did not make an opening statement, and refused to cross-examine the witnesses. Francis was sent to be executed by gruesome gertie, which malfunctioned, and afterwards there was a debate on whether he should be fully executed or did he already serve his punishment. he ended up being strapped to the electric chair again and died, may 9th 1947. https://allthatsinteresting.com/willie-francis]]> 2019-10-08 12:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394982038 Literacy rates in Louisiana - 1940s khathast240 https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394983678 After the end of the Civil War, would-be black voters in the South faced an array of disproportionate barriers to enfranchisement. The literacy test—supposedly applicable to both white and black prospective voters who couldn’t prove a certain level of education but in actuality disproportionately administered to black voters—was a classic example of one of these barriers. But this Louisiana “literacy” test, singular among its fellows, has nothing to do with citizenship. Designed to put the applicant through mental contortions, the test’s questions are often confusingly worded. If some of them seem unanswerable, that effect was intentional. The (white) registrar would be the ultimate judge of whether an answer was correct.]]> 2019-10-08 12:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394983678 The Trial of Willie Francis raindrop987 https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394984056 2019-10-08 12:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394984056 Culture in 1940s Louisiana khathast240 https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394984646 2019-10-08 12:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394984646 Food in 1940s Louisiana raindrop987 https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394993978 Louisiana has one of the most colorful histories and cultures in the United States. The land was colonized by France and settled by Africans, Spanish and Caribbean people until eventually being sold to America in 1803 under the Louisiana Purchase. As such its population has large Cajun and Creole communities that greatly influence the food, language and music.]]> 2019-10-08 13:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/394993978 Culture in 1940s Louisiana raindrop987 https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/395007219 2019-10-08 13:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/395007219 khathast240 https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/395403688 2019-10-09 03:38:36 UTC https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/395403688 Literacy rates in Louisiana today khathast240 https://padlet.com/khathast240/psk5ux1s1si3/wish/395405188 These days, when it comes to reading, experts say Louisiana has a problem.
With a 20 percent illiteracy rate amongst adults in 2016, the state is faring worse than the rest of the nation (15% illiteracy rate), according the organization proliteracy.org.
And in the Greater New Orleans area, nearly 40 percent of the population aged 16 and older have a literacy rate below that of a 5th-grader, according to The Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy.
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