Coushatta is a town in and the parish seat of rural Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is situated on the east bank of the Red River. The community is approximately forty-five miles south of Shreveport on U.S. Highway 71. The population, 2,299 at the 2000 census, is nearly two-thirds African American, most with long family histories in the area.
Red River Parish and the Red River Valley were areas of unrest and white paramilitary activity and violence after the Civil War, and especially during the 1870s of Reconstruction. The parish had been based on cotton cultivation, dependent on the labor of enslaved African Americans who far outnumbered the whites. After the war, white planters and farmers tried to reestablish dominance over a majority of the population. With emancipation and being granted citizenship and suffrage, African Americans tried to create their own lives.
Formed in May 1874 from white militias, the White League in Louisiana was increasingly well-organized in rural areas like Red River Parish. It worked to turn out the Republican Party, as well as suppress freedmen's civil rights and voting rights. It used violence against officeholders, running some out of town and killing others, and acted near elections to suppress black and white Republican voter turnout.
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Get free time for you and play time for the kids when you visit Coushatta Casino Resort Kinder, Louisiana with Kids Quest hourly childcare and supervised fun! Enjoy exciting concerts and performances at The Pavilion at Coushatta. Plus, live regional music and dancing nightly in. Presentation of the Kinder Coushatta Casino & Hotel. The Coushatta Casino is a Las-Vegas style casino located in Kinder, Louisiana. This establishment offers 100,000 sq ft dedicated to gambling. You will find 70 gamings tables games and a 20-table non-smoking Poker Room with fifteen LCD TV's, and Bingo.