Art
Robert Tannen
Robert Tannen is an artist, urban planner, and activist. Born in New York, Tannen has worked in New Orleans since the 1950s.
Greater New Orleans
Greater New Orleans Index
Music
Rock Music
Rock music in Louisiana grew out of several genres of roots music: blues, rhythm and blues, Cajun, and zydeco.
Music
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is a genre of music that derived from early rock 'n' roll, with a country-music flavor.
Sports & Recreation
Roland Hymel
Roland Hymel was an archery champion at Loyola University who also won a contest to name the New Orleans Saints football franchise.
Art
Rolland Golden
To Louisiana artist Rolland Have Golden, the South has long been the metaphysical "heartbeat" of inspiration.
Sports & Recreation
Rolland Romero
Rolland Romero was the youngest member of the 1932 US Olympic team and the world-record holder in his event at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
Music
Roosevelt Sykes
Barrelhouse pianist Roosevelt Sykes's style mixed rural and urban influences in bravura performances that some popular music historians consider the foundation for all modern blues piano.
History
Rosa Keller
Rosa Freeman Keller spent her life fighting for equal rights for all New Orleans citizens, including the desegregation of the New Orleans public transportation system, school system, and libraries.
Folklife
Rougarou
The rougarou is one of the most well-known figures in South Louisiana folklore.
Art
Roy Ferdinand
Artist Roy Ferdinand chronicled the street life and characters from some of New Orleans' toughest neighborhoods with graphic, head-on representations of his subjects.
Music
Royes Fernandez
Royes Fernández, from New Orleans, was considered to be America's first premier ballet dancer.
History
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges, one of four African American girls to integrate the New Orleans public school system in 1960, came to symbolize the innocence and bravery of the children involved in the effort.
