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Shannon Stecker is a creative writer, a marketing director, and a lover of stories. She has spent the past 15 years of her career in a creative space – as a print and broadcast journalist, a freelance writer, a podcast content manager, and now, a marketing executive. A storyteller at heart, Shannon’s passion is to change the narrative of the Black community by creating and sharing stories around love, family, business, and history.

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This week in history: The city of Baton Rouge donates land for new Louisiana state capitol building

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker September 20, 2023September 20, 2023
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This week in history: Jefferson Parish introduces plans for its first planned development, Terrytown

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
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This week in history: The ‘Treasures of Tutankhamun’ exhibit reigned over the streets of New Orleans

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This week in history: Labor and civil rights leader Arthur Joseph Chapital is born

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker September 13, 2023September 13, 2023
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This week in history: Remembering the Louisiana lives lost on 9/11

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker September 11, 2023
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This week in history: Jazz musician Charles ‘Buddy’ Bolden was born

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker September 6, 2023September 7, 2023
Frank Campbell was one of 272 enslaved people Georgetown University
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June 19, 1838: Georgetown College sold 272 enslaved people to Louisiana sugar plantation owners   

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker June 19, 2023August 11, 2023
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June 14, 1953: Martha White refuses to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Baton Rouge bus boycott

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker June 14, 2023June 10, 2024
Dillard University's Class of 2023 line up for commencement.
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June 6, 1930: A charter was proposed to create Dillard University

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker June 6, 2023August 11, 2023
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June 1, 2019: Leah Chase, the Queen of Creole Cuisine and culinary icon, dies

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker May 30, 2023May 24, 2024

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