The period after the Civil War ended and the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement is the least known part of black people’s history in this country. Civilian Federal Buildings Are Named After Confederates, Segregationists Too. He supported secession and was devoted to the Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis Parish is part of the large, 22-county Acadiana region of Louisiana, which is influenced by a large Francophone population. Published primarily in French, the paper ran a few issues in English beginning in 1863. L'Union was founded in 1862 and circulated as a biweekly and triweekly. Confederates hated that Grant Parish was named after Republican President Grant, and after a disputed election there was a lot of tension in that area. It was named after Jefferson Davis, a prominent planter and the President of the Confederate States of America. Republicans soon take over the courthouse in Colfax … In 1846 the Mexican–American War began. Coastal Louisiana parishes announced on Thursday that they had reached a deal with a mining company over claims that its aggressive drilling for oil damaged the state’s vanishing coast, a settlement that could lead to other agreements with energy giants as the state scrambles to stop its disastrous land loss. Colfax is a town in Grant Parish that was created during Reconstruction. The resilience and demands for justice by black people over that ninety years would tell us a lot about what the Black Lives Matter Movement is about. After Lincoln's election, Moore directed the state militia to seize control of all federal military posts in Louisiana. The population was 12,404 at the 2010 census. Morgan City (previously known as Brashear City) is a city in St. Martin and St. Mary parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez was L'Union's primary financier and Paul Trévigne its editor. Cameron Parish (French: Paroisse de Cameron) is a parish in the southwestern section of the U.S. state of Louisiana.As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,839.The parish seat is Cameron.Although it is the third-largest parish by land area in Louisiana, it has the second-smallest population in the state.