1873 Comus Parade
Folklife, History
Mardi Gras of 1873 provided the occasion for a bold display of political commentary and costume artistrly by the Mystick Krewe of Comus.
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
The Shreve Town Company was a business venture that led to the establishment of what is today known as Shreveport, the largest city in northwest Louisiana.
This map of the Orleans Territory, produced by Barthélémy Lafon in 1806, also shows West Florida, labeled in the lower right quadrant as "Floride Occidentale."
A review of A Thousand Ways Denied by John T. Arnold
A poem by the Poet Laureate of French Louisiana
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