People from Hammond, Louisiana: Beth Rickey, Mewelde Moore, C.B. Forgotston, Lawson Swearingen, Hodding Carter, John Desmond

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Beth Rickey, Mewelde Moore, C.B. Forgotston, Lawson Swearingen, Hodding Carter, John Desmond, Raymond M. Clausen, Jr., John L. Crain, David William Thomas, Barbara Forrest, James H. Morrison, Robert L. Frye, Henry Tank Powell, Lindsey Cardinale, Kenny Franklin, Henry Mentz, Joseph A. Sims, William Hodding Carter, I, Tim Gautreaux, Linus A. Sims, Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum, Warren Bankston, Dwight I. Douglass, Charles Emery Cate. Excerpt: Elizabeth Ann Beth Rickey (June 11, 1956 - September 12, 2009) was a Republican political activist from Louisiana who exposed the neo-Nazi connections of former State Representative David Duke, who ran for the U.S. Senate and for governor of Louisiana in 1990 and 1991, respectively, under the GOP label though opposed by the party leadership. Rickey was born in Lafayette to Horace B. Rickey, Sr. (1901-1967), a veteran of World War II, and the former Flora Ann Womack (1921-1998). Rickey, who was single, had a brother, Robert Harper Rickey and his wife, Karen Elizabeth Rickey, of Devon, England. An uncle, Branch Rickey, was a Major League Baseball executive who in 1947 signed Jackie Robinson to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers, the first African American so designated. Rickey's family was Republican, having supported both Barry Goldwater in 1964 and Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984 for President. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in government at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She taught government at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond until she entered Ph.D. studies at Tulane University. In 1988, Rickey received only 135 votes but won the House District 93 slot on the 144-member Louisiana Republican State Central Committee. She was considered one of the more moderate members of the RSCC. Living in New Orleans, and attending Tulan...