Louisiana: A History Episode Guide

All Episodes (6)

War on the Home Front
Original Airdate: 2003-09-13

Synopsis:

The state's role in the Civil War and the impact of the conflict.

The Currents of Change
Original Airdate: 2003-09-13

Synopsis:

Creation of a levee system along the Mississippi River; U.S. Sen. Huey Long affects state politics and emerges as future governor; Earl Long serves two terms as governor.

No Story Is Ever Over
Original Airdate: 2003-09-13

Synopsis:

The economy transforms from agricultural to industrial; the civil rights movement impacts the 1950s and 1960s; the 21st century.

The Search for Order
Original Airdate: 2003-09-13

Synopsis:

Reconstruction and the rebuilding of the state; politics, the economy, and culture at the close of the 19th century.

The New Americans
Original Airdate: 2003-09-13

Synopsis:

In 1812, Louisiana becomes the 18th state; the Battle of New Orleans in 1815; antebellum years; economic and cultural forces drive the state to secede from the Union.

This Affair of Louisiana
Original Airdate: 2003-09-13

Synopsis:

Geography; cultures of the state's American Indians; the Colonial period; Napoleon's sale of Louisiana to the United States.

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