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==History== Greenwood was established by [[European Americans]] in 1839 after the forced [[Indian Removal]] of the [[Caddo people]] to [[Indian Territory]] (now [[Oklahoma]]) west of the [[Mississippi River]]. [[File:Dunn Home, Greenwood, LA IMG 2893.JPG|left|thumb|The Dunn House, a hospital for wounded Confederates, now serves as headquarters of the Greenwood Chamber of Commerce]] As in the rest of Louisiana, most Black or African Americans were disenfranchised from the turn of the 20th century into the 1960s, and the state was dominated by white [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]]; Caddo Parish [[Sheriff]] J. Howell Flournoy, who served a record 26 years in office from 1940 to 1966, was born in Greenwood in 1891 and was part of the political Flournoy dynasty.<ref>{{cite web |title=HistoricalFacts |url=http://www.caddohistory.com/historical_facts.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708111426/http://www.caddohistory.com/historical_facts.html |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |access-date=December 31, 2010 |website=Caddo History |publisher=Caddo Historical Society}}</ref> Earnest Lampkins (1928–2018), a native of Shreveport, earned a PhD and had a career as a music educator. He taught music at all levels, becoming supervisor of music for [[Caddo Parish]]. He founded the Louisiana School of Professions.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=ernest-lampkins&pid=187855963&fhid=10228 Obituary: Earnest Lampkins], first published in ''Shreveport Times'', January 16, 2018</ref> In 2004, Lampkins was elected as the first black mayor of Greenwood, where he had long been active in the community. Against running for a second term, Lampkins ceased any intentions due to gunshots fired into his house, alongside continued threats and racism.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Greenwood Mayor Ernest Lampkins dies |url=https://www.ktbs.com/news/former-greenwood-mayor-ernest-lampkins-dies/article_d468c3c6-f7f7-11e7-a95a-77ba4d65806f.html |access-date=May 4, 2022 |website=KTBS |language=en |quote=But Lampkins’ toughest personal test came in 2007 during his first term as mayor of Greenwood, just west of Shreveport. Lampkins decided not to seek a second term, largely because someone fired shots into his home. He, his wife and one of their children were home but no one was hurt. "If I had any intentions of running again, that just killed my ambitions right away," Lampkins said at the time. "That was a cowardly act. It bothered me that someone would shoot in my house and endanger my wife and kid.”}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Flaherty |first=Jordan |last2= |date=March 26, 2010 |title=Did a Racist Coup in a Northern Louisiana Town Overthrow Its Black Mayor and Police Chief? {{!}} Dissident Voice |url=https://dissidentvoice.org/2010/03/did-a-racist-coup-in-a-northern-louisiana-town-overthrow-its-black-mayor-and-police-chief/ |access-date=May 4, 2022 |website=Dissident Voice |language=en |quote=Less than two weeks after that, shots were fired into the house of Earnest Lampkins, the first Black mayor of the northwest Louisiana town of Greenwood. Lampkins reported that he continued to receive threats throughout his term, including a “for sale” sign that someone planted outside his house.}}</ref>
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