Jeanerette memorializes key local figures for Black History Month

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Jeanerette memorializes key local figures for Black History Month

JEANERETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Driving down Martin Luther King Dr. in Jeanerette looks a little different for Black History Month. Along several light poles, you can see banners commemorating significant black figures throughout the city's history. "We stand on the shoulders of those that went before us, and that's what's so important," said Jeanerette Mayor Carol Bourgeois Jr. Musician Jay Nelson, political figure Andrew Brown, inventor Gabie Fonten…