From Slaves to Tenants: the Racist History of Eviction Law in Louisiana
Originally published by Bayou Brief, May 2020.
This article was originally published on May 21, 2020 on BayouBrief.com.
Last Friday, when Gov. John Bel Edwards ushered Louisiana into Phase One of its economic reopening, he announced that the moratorium on evictions – which was put in place on March 16th – would be extended to June 5th.
Notably, though, in a state where nearly half a million people hav…
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