Literature
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
New Orleans native Alice Dunbar-Nelson was one of the founders of the Harlem Renaissance literary movement.
Orleans
Orleans Index
History
Alice Heine
Alice Heine from New Orleans became the first American-born Princess of Monaco by way of marriage in 1889.
Music
Allen Toussaint
Based in New Orleans, Allen Toussaint composed, produced, arranged, and played piano on scores of classic R&B hits from the late 1950s through the 1970s, in addition to recording several solo albums.
Music
Alvin Batiste
Jazz clarinetist and composer Alvin Batiste was the highly regarded teacher of many noted jazz musicians.
Music
Andrew Jefferson
Andrew Jefferson was a New Orleans traditional jazz and brass band drummer and vocalist.
Music
Andrew Morgan
Andrew Morgan was a New Orleans traditional jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and audience favorite at Preservation Hall.
History
Angola Three
Robert Hillary King, Albert Woodfox, and Herman Wallace, known as the Angola Three, survived over four decades of solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
Art
Ann Hornback
Painter Ann Hornback incorporates dreamlike, surrealistic scenes of nature and animals, usually with a central female figure, into her work.
Literature
Anne Rice
Anne Rice, a New Orleans-born author, was well known for her historical novels and fictional vampires.
Foodways
Antoine’s Restaurant
Founded in 1840, Antoine’s Restaurant is the oldest continually family-owned and -operated restaurant in the United States.
History
Archbishop Joseph Rummel
Archbishop Joseph Rummel was among the first religious leaders in Louisiana to proclaim the immorality of racism and ordered the desegregation of Catholic schools in New Orleans.
Government, Politics & Law
Audley Moore
Due to her tireless grassroots organizing efforts, Audley Moore was known as “Queen Mother” of the Black Freedom Movement and the modern reparations movement.
