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Honoring Forgotten Black Pioneers in Pineville | Alexandria Louisiana News
Pineville, Louisiana just unveiled a historic marker honoring two Black cemeteries on Hunter Street — one tied to a living church, the other to a vanished institution that buried trailblazers who shaped Central Louisiana. Among them: Louisiana’s first Black female principal, a Spanish-American War hero, and a pioneering dentist serving all. These weren’t just resting places — they were launchpads for change. Reverend Brown founded an academy and published a newspaper; Lafargue, a national figure, knew Booker T. Washington and met President McKinley. For locals, this marker is more than stone…
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