
Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish is the story of a boy, Matthew Laurent. Born during the post-desegregated south but before full acceptance of races "other" than his own, the white race. While much of the overt racism of the old south was gone, it was not totally eradicated. In fact, in the early 1980''s there were still plenty of racist holdouts, unwilling to let their old, oppressive way die. Not long after the...
Jefferson Parish is the story of a boy, Matthew Laurent. Born during the post-desegregated south but before full acceptance of races "other" than his own, the white race. While much of the overt racism of the old south was gone, it was not totally eradicated. In fact, in the early 1980''s there were still plenty of racist holdouts, unwilling to let their old, oppressive way die. Not long after the...