Louisiana’s Whitney Plantation—open since 2014 as a museum dedicated to education about the legacy of slavery in the U.S.—lost its federal grants as a result of Trump’s attack on DEI. Unfortunately, ...

Ceramic sculptures of hollow-eyed slave children haunt the Whitney Plantation, west of New Orleans, where owner John Cummings has infused the traditional antebellum plantation tour with an unflinching ...

In 1867, the plantation was purchased by Bradish Johnson, who renamed the site for his grandsons (their last name was Whitney). When John Cummings bought the property nearly 30 years ago, he had no ...

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. — Recovery efforts are ongoing on the East bank and Westbank of St. John the Baptist parish. The Whitney Plantation Museum, located in Wallace on the Westbank, ...

Whitney Planation received a letter dated April 8, 2025, claiming the grant it had already partially received would be pulled Due to President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) ...

There are a dozen restored antebellum mansions and plantations along the west bank of the Mississippi River, on the River Road outside of New Orleans, and they are among the most popular tourist day ...

WALLACE, La. — Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana saw significant damage after Hurricane Ida. The plantation is known for its interpretation of life through the eyes of the formerly enslaved and ...

There are a dozen restored antebellum mansions and plantations along the west bank of the Mississippi River, on the River Road outside of New Orleans, and they are among the most popular tourist day ...