The Creoles of color are a historic ethnic group of Louisiana Creoles that developed in the former French and Spanish colonies of Louisiana (especially...

America 1861–1862  United States of America 1862–present Louisiana Creoles (French: Créoles de la Louisiane, Louisiana Creole: Moun Kréyòl la Lwizyàn, Spanish:...

Saint-Domingue Creoles (French: Créoles de Saint-Domingue, Haitian Creole: Moun Kreyòl Sen Domeng) or simply Creoles, were the people who lived in the...

Fernandino Creole peoples Haitian Creole people Affranchis Afro-Honduran Creoles Liberian Creole people Louisiana Creole people Creoles of color Mauritian...

sometimes used, though infrequent. While creoles of color historically had classical French names, many names of French origin entered the picture during...

shoe-manufacturing. Coloureds Creoles of color Mauritian Creoles Mulatto Haitian Signare Laurent Dubois, Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution...

the word's original definition, so Creoles of every ethnic background are still present in the region. Many Creoles also identify as Cajuns (and vice versa)...

Historically an area of settlement by French and Spanish Creoles, Creoles of color, and Acadians, Opelousas is the center of zydeco music. It celebrates...

states that were established out of French Louisiana. They are commonly referred to as French Creoles (French: Créoles). Today, the most famous Louisiana...

Alabama Creoles (French: Créoles de l'Alabama) are a Louisiana French group native to the region around Mobile, Alabama. They are the descendants of colonial...

descent were not themselves Creoles.) Peytavin declared: "The Acadian Creoles have the same right to be called Creoles as others of foreign descent." Not all...

Creoles of color." Although the Creoles of color and affranchis held considerable power, they eventually became the subject of racism and a system of...

Antillean Creole Caribbean people are considered Latines and Latinos and are part of Latin America Creoles of color, a historic ethnic group of mixed racial...

cases of captives or enslaved creoles working in households or free creoles homemaking or working various jobs that entailed cooking. Different Creole ethnic...

keep out the additional Creoles of color, but the Louisiana Creoles wanted to increase the Creole population: more than half of the refugees eventually...

militia that consisted of Creoles of color. Formed in 1861 in New Orleans, Louisiana, it was disbanded on April 25, 1862. Some of the unit's members joined...

community of Isle Brevelle of Créoles of color along the Cane River, including what is said to be the first church founded by free people of color for their...

the editor of Les Cenelles (1845), a collection of poems by fellow Creoles of color in New Orleans widely considered to be the first African-American poetry...

called the "Creole Diaspora" is the migration of Sierra Leone Creoles abroad. Many Creoles attend formal and informal gatherings. A Creole or Krio Heritage...

center of Cane River's large community of Creoles of color who trace their heritage to Coincoin. There were many other examples of white Creole fathers...

group. Louisiana Creoles in Louisiana are of French, Spanish, Native American, and African American ancestry. Creoles of color are Creoles with black ancestry...

of the Fifth Ward in Houston, Texas. In 1922, a group of Louisiana Creoles, particularly Creoles of color, some of which were Francophones or Creole-speakers...

population of 5,530 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 467 from the 2000 tabulation of 5,997. It is two thirds African American, many of them Creoles of color. Jeanerette...

called Creoles, in the sense of having been born in the colony. The special meaning of Louisiana Creole, however, is associated with free people of color (gens...

As the children of a French-American father and African mother, Louis and his siblings were considered multiracial "Créoles of color." Similar to the...

(Creoles of Color) volunteered and formed the 1st Louisiana Native Guard, which was disbanded without ever seeing combat. "Class". Encyclopedia of African...

by the Créole de couleur Metoyer family who built the chapel. Seated behind them were the families of prominent white planters and other Creoles within...

Christian. His grandfather moved from Louisiana to Texas as part of a migration of Creoles of color to the Beaumont area for work. Jabbar was arrested in 2002...

Louisiana Creoles, his family spoke French and practiced Catholicism. Beauregard had several Creole of color cousins and uncles; the Creole of color side of Beauregard's...

Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., and often referred to shorthand as MLK Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January...