Sports & Recreation
New Orleans Zephyrs and Baby Cakes
The New Orleans Baby Cakes, formerly the New Orleans Zephyrs, were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the New Orleans area from 1993 to 2019.
Late-20th Century
Late-20th Century Index
History
Newcomb College
Tulane’s coordinate college for women has a strong tradition of its own.
Art
Nicole Charbonnet
New Orleans artist Nicole Charbonnet creates large-scale, mixed-media works that reference images common to the American psyche and culture.
Art
Noel Rockmore
Noel Rockmore moved to New Orleans in 1959 and established himself in the French Quarter where he painted portraits of jazz musicians in the early 1960s.
Government, Politics & Law
Non-Unanimous Juries
A segregation-era law voted down in 2018 and deemed unconstitutional in 2020
History
Norman C. Francis
Educator and civil rights leader Norman C. Francis served as president of Xavier University of Louisiana for forty-seven years.
Architecture
Nottoway Plantation
Nottoway is one of the largest antebellum houses in the South and the largest surviving plantation house in Louisiana.
Disasters
Nutria in Louisiana
Imported in the early twentieth century for their fur, nutria have exploded into an invasive species that contributes to coastal erosion.
Architecture
Oaklawn Manor Plantation
Oaklawn Manor, on Bayou Teche, was originally owned by Irish-born lawyer Alexander Porter whose ancestry gave this area the name Irish Bend.
Music
Octave Crosby
Octave Crosby's Original Dixieland Jazz Band was, for a time, the house band at the legendary Paddock Lounge on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
Business & Industry
Oil and Gas Industry in Louisiana
The oil and gas industry has been a dominant economic engine in Louisiana for well over a century.
8.12 f. Oil and Gas Industry in Louisiana
While the oil and gas industry has helped grow Louisiana’s economy, it has also created significant environmental challenges.
