In 1964, less than one year into his tenure as Publisher of the Bogalusa Daily News, New Orleans native Lou Major found himself guiding the Newspaper through a turbulent period in the history of American civil rights.
Local members of the KKK ste.
Bogalusa, Louisiana, became a flashpoint for clashes between African Americans advocating for equal treatment and white residents who resisted this change, a conflict that generated an upsurge in activity by the Ku Klux Klan.
In 1964, less than one year into his tenure as Publisher of the Bogalusa Daily News, New Orleans native Lou Major found himself guiding the Newspaper through a turbulent period in the history of American civil rights