Posts Tagged ‘New Orleans’
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, a/k/a Jazz Fest, is a 10-day cultural feast in which thousands of musicians, cooks and craftspeople welcome 400,000 visitors each year. The Louisiana Heritage Fair showcases unforgettable music on multiple stages, delicious Louisiana cuisine in two large food areas, and crafts artisans from the region…
Read More‘Our City Is Always Hurting’: Black New Orleans Residents Grapple With Inequity
While the nation has recently turned its attention to New Orleans, the city’s longstanding issues will persist after the spotlight leaves.
Read MoreA New Orleans Community Confronts the Racist Roots of a Toxic Highway
Residents of one of the oldest Black neighborhoods, Tremé, New Orleans, fight to revitalize the once-bustling Claiborne Avenue community, struggling against the decades-long pollution of the Claiborne Expressway.
Read MoreThe Day the Waters Came
Please join us for “The Day the Waters Came,” which will be performed at ABHM. This small-cast drama is about how a New Orleans’s 9th Ward teenager’s life is impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
Read MoreStudents rally to keep director of university’s African American studies program
Students rally to keep director of university’s African American studies program because he is its sole faculty member.
Read MoreRenowned pianist Fats Domino has New Orleans street renamed in his honor
The late Fats Domino never strayed far from his home city of New Orleans, and one street is now named in the pianist’s honor.
Read MoreUrban Gardeners are laying down roots for Black ‘food sovereignty’ in New Orleans
Urban gardening could help reduce food insecurities faced by poor communities of color like those in New Orleans.
Read MoreDiary of my first Essence Fest: How 4 days in New Orleans changed me forever
For one attendee, the 2022 Essence Festival of Culture was made all the more significant by its location in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Read MoreFirst Black female sheriff in Louisiana inaugurated
Susan Hutson made history twice in December when she became the first woman elected to serve as sheriff in New Orleans, and the first African American.
Read MoreLouisiana Governor Pardons Homer Plessy From ‘Separate But Equal’ Ruling
By BET staff, BET News The landmark 1896 case solidified Jim Crow. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has pardoned Homer Adolph Plessy, of the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling. According to CBS, Edwards signed the pardon during a ceremony outside the former rail station in New Orleans where Plessy was arrested 130 years ago for sitting in a white area…
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