Making a mark in Shreveport’s Black History, former Mayor Ollie Tyler is a woman of many. She… More »
Dr. Marvin Rainey made history in 2019 as one of the first African American males to receive… More »
Another first with Shreveport Police Department. Eloise J. Lewis became the city’s first African American woman promoted… More »
Todd Dulaney’s no stranger to the stage. The former baseball player and rising gospel artist and 5-time… More »
Mrs. Otis W. Emanuel, the first African American librarian with the Shreve Memorial Library, was born December… More »
The NAACP Image Awards released the nominees for the 2020. Heading the category of Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song (Traditional… More »
Dr. Elbert E. Allen (1921-1999) became the first black since Reconstruction to hold office in Shreveport. A… More »
August 2019, Officer CaTari Jackson became a first. The first African American female mounted patrol officer with… More »
Kelvin J. Cochran became Shreveport Fire Department’s first African American Fire Chief in 1999. Following serving as… More »
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 – (KOKA) City of Shreveport Councilwoman LeVette Fuller (District B) held a press
