{"id":395,"date":"2023-02-23T14:19:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T14:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esustage.wpengine.com\/kansas-city\/?page_id=395"},"modified":"2025-10-15T16:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:58:48","slug":"esu-kansas-city-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/who-we-are\/esu-kansas-city-history\/","title":{"rendered":"ESU Shreveport History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"shreveport-history-block\" class=\"esu-basic-full-width\">\n\n    <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper\">\n\n            \n                            <div class=\"title heading-2\">\n                    A Brief History of the Shreveport Branch of the ESU                <\/div>\n            \n            \n                            <div class=\"content\">\n                    <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1076  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/09\/Meeting-picture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/09\/Meeting-picture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/09\/Meeting-picture-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/09\/Meeting-picture-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/09\/Meeting-picture-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/09\/Meeting-picture-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Shreveport Branch has been in existence since the 1970s.&nbsp; Delton Harrison was the president for a number of years and made the club into what it is today.&nbsp; Past presidents include Delton Harrison, Harvey Anne Liembrook, and Ellen Alley.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            \n            \n\n            \n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"\" class=\"esu-basic-full-width\">\n\n    <div class=\"inner\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper\">\n\n            \n                            <div class=\"title heading-2\">\n                    2 Things You Should Know About The ESU Shreveport Branch                <\/div>\n            \n            \n                            <div class=\"content\">\n                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1. We&#8217;re one of the largest ESU Branches in the U.S. Our first president was Delton Harrison<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1115 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-15-at-11-38-47-O.-Delton-Harrison-Jr.-Obituary-Shreveport-Times-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-15-at-11-38-47-O.-Delton-Harrison-Jr.-Obituary-Shreveport-Times-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-15-at-11-38-47-O.-Delton-Harrison-Jr.-Obituary-Shreveport-Times.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2. We have been sponsoring Tlab Scholarships for the past two years and will continue to do so. Our 2024 Scholarship went to Hallie Franks and our 2025 Scholarship went to Chellie Williams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1117 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/10\/Hallie-Franks-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/10\/Hallie-Franks-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/10\/Hallie-Franks.png 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1118 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/10\/Chellie-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/10\/Chellie-Williams.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/shreveport\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/10\/Chellie-Williams-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            \n            \n\n            \n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-395","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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