Music
Sammy Penn
Traditional jazz drummer and vocalist Sammy Penn played with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on tour and in New Orleans.
Orleans
Orleans Index
History
Sarah Towles Reed
Sarah Towles Reed founded the first teachers union in New Orleans and worked for women's rights, educational reform, the plight of labor, and racial justice throughout her long public life.
History
Sicilian Lynchings in New Orleans
After the murder of New Orleans police chief David Hennessy in 1890, political conflict between reformers and ward bosses resulted in mob violence and lynching, and eleven Sicilians were killed.
Music
Sidney Bechet
Clarinetist and soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet was one of the first great soloists of traditional New Orleans jazz.
Music
Sing Miller
Sing Miller was a traditional jazz and blues singer and piano player from New Orleans.
Foodways
Snoballs
Once peddled by street vendors who hand shaved large blocks of ice, snoballs remain a favorite frozen summertime treat.
History
Société d’Economie et d’Assistance Mutuelle
The Economy and Mutual Aid Association was a New Orleans-based benevolent organization of African descendants that exerted international reach and significant cultural influence.
History
Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup, a free Black New Yorker, was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841, spending twelve years enslaved on Louisiana plantations before regaining his freedom.
History
Son House
The guitar style of Edward James “Son” House has influenced blues musicians since the 1930s.
History
Sophie B. Wright
A New Orleans educator and civic activist who embodied the complexities and racialized limits of white southern Progressivism.
History
Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Chartered in 1880, Southern University is a Historically Black College and University that today offers more than thirty academic programs.
Architecture
St. Louis Cemeteries No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3
Established in 1789, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is the oldest cemetery in the city of New Orleans.
