Jemima Joél Brady was looking forward to attending Paul B. Habans Elementary School, the neighborhood school where her older ...

Francis Ernest Dumas was a wealthy soldier who became the highest ranking Black combat officer during the Civil War.

The Ashé Cultural Arts Center held a gathering at Congo Square and led a procession through Tremé Saturday morning (July 5) ...

Alice Craft-Kerney had been working as a nurse at Charity Hospital for over 19 years when Hurricane Katrina hit and disrupted her career.

Tulane University is no longer pursuing disciplinary action against seven students who were originally facing consequences for their participation in an off-campus protest advocating for Columbia ...

Hundreds of people from one of the country’s largest labor unions amassed in New Orleans on Tuesday (July 1) afternoon to ...

Prosecutors fighting the release of death row inmate Jimmie Duncan after a judge found him “factually innocent” of raping and ...

Malaco Records, founded in 1962 in Jackson, Miss., needed a hit. Previous recordings had not gained any traction, and money was scarce. “That was until New Orleans-based producer Wardell Quezergue ...

After bureaucratic issues delayed paychecks for dozens of lifeguards and summer camp counselors in June, the New Orleans ...

This Saturday (July 5), the Ashé Cultural Arts Center will lead a procession in remembrance of the horrors of the slave trade ...

Alexander Dimitry was a man of firsts. He was Louisiana’s first state superintendent of education, the first person of color ...