BLACK HISTORY MATTERS

What's It Going to Take For Louisiana To Shut Down Its Racist Angola Prison?

From a plantation to a maximum-security prison. Let's unpack this.

Allison Wiltz
5 min readFeb 10, 2022

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Black men led to work in the fields in 1977 | Angola Prison in Louisiana | Photo Credit | Associated Press

If you thought Congress passing the 13th Amendment ended all slavery in the United States, then it's time to jump down a Black history rabbit hole and learn what's…

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Allison Wiltz

Black womanist Scholar bylines @ Momentum, Oprah Daily, ZORA, GEN, EIC of Cultured #WEOC Founder allisonthedailywriter.com https://ko-fi.com/allyfromnola