Contributors of Ouachita Parish book

A colleague pointed this out to me late last year! Back during the Bicentennial in 1976, a group of prominent local African Americans researched and compiled a comprehensive history and biography of Ouachita Parish African Americans. The book was called, “Contributors of Ouachita Parish: A history of Blacks To Commemorate the Bicentennial of the United States of America”. The sections cover African Americans in Education, Religion, Politics, Cultural Contributions, Professional athletes, Military, Black Firsts and biographies of Pioneer and Contemporary black families. The book has been digitized on Familysearch.org, free to view. A few other local genealogy books have been digitized there too. All you need is to sign up for free access!