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WALLACE, La., Oct. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- British Vogue named Dr. Joy Banner and Jo Banner, twin sisters and co-founders of The Descendants Project, as 2024 Forces for Change for their work to...

WALLACE, La., Aug. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WALLACE, La. (Aug. 6, 2024)—The Descendants Project praised today the decision by Greenfield Louisiana, LLC on Tuesday to withdraw plans to build what...

WALLACE, La, June 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A federal judge has sided with The Descendants Project co-founder Dr. Joy Banner in her First Amendment lawsuit against St. John the Baptist Parish...

WALLACE, La., Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Descendants Project announced today the acquisition and preservation of the Louisiana plantation where America’s largest slave revolt was...

Wallace, La., Aug. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Joy and Jo Banner, founders of the Descendants Project, issued the statement below following a ruling today in their favor by Judge J. Sterling Snowdy...

Wallace, La., May 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than 2,000-plus people have signed a petition organized by the Descendants Project that urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to block the...

Edgard, La., May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Thursday, May 11, the Descendants Project will appear in court for a key hearing that will determine whether a decades-old rezoning ordinance that...