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, ...

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) ...

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The “Amongst Ourselves: Resisting Slavery at Whitney Plantation” exhibit changes how visitors see the story of slavery. Powerful panels placed throughout the ...

In late June, Joy Banner, Ph.D., the director of marketing at Whitney Plantation, posted a black-and-white photo to the plantation’s Instagram and Facebook accounts. The new photo showed the “Big ...

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 ...

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, ...

WALLACE — The Whitney Plantation tells the story of slavery, one building at a time. A church, a cabin, a jail. Soon, if executive director Ashley Rogers has her way, through the plantation store. On ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...