United Fruit Company Port
History
View of a United Fruit Company distribution facility in New Orleans.
View of a United Fruit Company distribution facility in New Orleans.
A lens on North Louisiana
United Fruit Company opened its St. Charles Avenue headquarters in New Orleans in 1921.
A secret festival is the highlight of the Madison Parish social calendar—for those in the know
Mardi Gras of 1873 provided the occasion for a bold display of political commentary and costume artistrly by the Mystick Krewe of Comus.
St. Mark's Community Center, a settlement house run by Methodist deaconesses, opened its doors in New Orleans in 1909 and continues to operate today.
The Comité des Citoyens was an equal rights organization formed in 1891 that played a key role in the events leading up to Plessy v. Ferguson.
Sam Cooke wrote the civil rights anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come” after encountering racial discrimination while on tour in Shreveport.
The New Orleans Museum of Art presents Queen Nefertari’s Egypt
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