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Jonesboro, Louisiana
Jonesboro () is a town in and the parish seat of Jackson Parish, Louisiana, Jackson Parish in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 4,106 in 2020. History Founded on January 10, 1860, by Joseph Jones and his wife, Sarah Pankey Jones, as a small family farm, Jonesboro is now a small industrial mill town. Originally founded as "Macedonia," the small town's name changed to Jonesboro on January 16, 1901, after the United States Post Office Department approved the change and became the seat of government for Jackson Parish, Louisiana, Jackson Parish on March 15, 1911, following a parish-wide referendum. Jonesboro remains the parish's agricultural, industrial, economic, and governmental center. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, whites violently resisted African-American efforts to gain their constitutional rights as citizens, even after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Ku Klux Klan, which was active in the area, conduc ...
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Town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative status, or historical significance. In some regions, towns are formally defined by legal charters or government designations, while in others, the term is used informally. Towns typically feature centralized services, infrastructure, and governance, such as municipal authorities, and serve as hubs for commerce, education, and cultural activities within their regions. The concept of a town varies culturally and legally. For example, in the United Kingdom, a town may historically derive its status from a market town designation or City status in the United Kingdom, royal charter, while in the United States, the term is often loosely applied to incorporated municipality, municipalities. In some countries, such as Australia and Canada, distinction ...
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Civil Rights Act Of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 () is a landmark civil rights and United States labor law, labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on Race (human categorization), race, Person of color, color, religion, sex, and national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and public accommodations, and employment discrimination. The act "remains one of the most significant legislative achievements in American history". Initially, powers given to enforce the act were weak, but these were supplemented during later years. Congress asserted its authority to legislate under several different parts of the United States Constitution, principally its Enumerated powers (United States), enumerated power to regulate interstate commerce under the Commerce Clause of Article One of the United States Constitution#Section 8: Powers of Congress, Article I, Section 8, its duty to guarantee all citizens Equal Protectio ...
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Dugdemona River
The Dugdemona River (pronounced ''dug-duh-mona'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed June 3, 2011 tributary of the Little River in north-central Louisiana in the United States. Via the Little, Ouachita and Red rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The Dugdemona River rises west of Simsboro in western Lincoln Parish, and flows generally southeastwardly through Bienville, Jackson, Winn and Grant parishes, through a portion of the Kisatchie National Forest. It joins Castor Creek to form the Little River about northeast of Georgetown.DeLorme (2003). ''Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. A short tributary known as the Little Dugdemona River flows southwestwardly through Jackson and Bienville parishes. At Joyce, LA, the river has a mean annual discharge of 835 cubic feet per second. Variant names and spellings According to the Geographic Names Inf ...
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Lucky, Louisiana
Lucky is a village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 272 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and 0.24% is water. Demographics 2020 census 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 355 people, 123 households, and 83 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 151 housing units at an average density of 18.4 per square mile (7.1/km). The racial makeup of the village was 30.14% White, 69.30% African American, 0.28% Asian, and 0.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.41% of the population. There were 123 households, out of which 39.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.2% were married couples living together, 26.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 30.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living ...
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Chatham, Louisiana
Chatham is a town in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 491 in 2020. It is part of the Ruston, Louisiana, Ruston Ruston micropolitan area, micropolitan statistical area. Southwest of Chatham is Caney Lake and the Jimmie Davis State Park. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (13.91%) is water. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, there were 491 people, 316 households, and 157 families residing in the town. References External linksTown of Chatham
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Louisiana Highway 4
Louisiana Highway 4 (LA 4) is a state highway located in northern Louisiana in the United States. It runs in an east–west direction from U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) at Loggy Bayou to LA 605 in Newellton. The entire route parallels Interstate 20 (I-20) an average of about to the south. Along the way, it serves the city of Winnsboro and smaller towns such as Ringgold, Jonesboro, Chatham, Columbia, and Newellton (its eastern terminus). It also intersects many of the state's major north–south routes, such as US 71 (its western terminus), US 371, US 167, US 165, US 425, and US 65. Though it runs primarily east–west, LA 4 meanders along rural roads for virtually its entire distance, bending considerably to the north and south in order to pass through the centers of various towns. LA 4 travels through five parishes, connecting the parish seats of the middle three ( Jackson, Caldwell, and Franklin). Not qui ...
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