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Centenary College of Louisiana
Centenary College of Louisiana
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'''Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Jr.''', known as '''Calhoun Allen'' (February 8, 1921 – February 23, 1991), was a two-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor]] of his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], the third largest city in the estate. From 1962-1970, he was for two terms the municipal public utilities commissioner, a position that was abolished in 1978). He also served some two months as a "District B" city council member after his election in the fall of 1990. The racially moderate Allen presided over a formerly [[Segregation|segregated]] Shreveport, but there was much unrest in the black community during his tenure. Public Safety Commissioner George Wendell D'Artois, Jr., had resigned in a swirl of corruption accusations though none reached directly to Allen. By the end of Allen's tenure, City Hall controversies produced a sense of stagnation even though Allen had worked for industrial development and public works projects, one of which bears his name.
'''Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Jr.''', known as '''Calhoun Allen''' (February 8, 1921 – February 23, 1991), was a two-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor]] of his native [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], the third largest city in the estate. From 1962-1970, he was for two terms the municipal public utilities commissioner, a position that was abolished in 1978). He also served some two months as a "District B" city council member after his election in the fall of 1990. The racially moderate Allen presided over a formerly [[Segregation|segregated]] Shreveport, but there was much unrest in the black community during his tenure. Public Safety Commissioner George Wendell D'Artois, Jr., had resigned in a swirl of corruption accusations though none reached directly to Allen. By the end of Allen's tenure, City Hall controversies produced a sense of stagnation even though Allen had worked for industrial development and public works projects, one of which bears his name.
==The Allen family heritage==
==Family heritage==
Allen preferred to use the first initial "L," rather than the unusual name "Littleberry." He was "Calhoun Allen" or "L. Calhoun Allen, Jr.," to the public, not "Littleberry Allen" or some other combination. "Littleberry" had been his grandfather, who was born in [[Virginia]] in 1862 and had relocated to [[Alabama]] and then to Shreveport near the end of the 19th century. Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Sr., who used the designation "L. C. Allen", was a businessman, a Shreveport city council member, a grand master of the Masonic lodge, and a [[Baptist]], who staunchly opposed liquor use and sales to the extent that he would support [[Prohibition Party]] causes and candidates, rather than the heavily favored Democratic nominees. L. C. Allen established what became Allen Manufacturing Company and Caddo Lumber Company. Littleberry Allen died of Bright's disease early in the 20th century. Therefore, L. Calhoun Allen was really L. Calhoun Allen, III, but he used "Jr.," instead because his contemporaries did not know his grandfather as "L. C. Allen, I." And Calhoun Allen named his son, "L. Calhoun Allen, III".
Allen preferred to use the first initial "L," rather than the unusual name "Littleberry." He was "Calhoun Allen" or "L. Calhoun Allen, Jr.," to the public, not "Littleberry Allen" or some other combination. "Littleberry" had been his grandfather, who was born in [[Virginia]] in 1862 and had relocated to [[Alabama]] and then to Shreveport near the end of the 19th century. Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Sr., who used the designation "L. C. Allen", was a businessman, a Shreveport city council member, a grand master of the Masonic lodge, and a [[Baptist]], who staunchly opposed liquor use and sales to the extent that he would support [[Prohibition Party]] causes and candidates, rather than the heavily favored Democratic nominees. L. C. Allen established what became Allen Manufacturing Company and Caddo Lumber Company. Littleberry Allen died of Bright's disease early in the 20th century. Therefore, L. Calhoun Allen was really L. Calhoun Allen, III, but he used "Jr.," instead because his contemporaries did not know his grandfather as "L. C. Allen, I." And Calhoun Allen named his son, "L. Calhoun Allen, III".