New Orleans |
Article
The city has produced some of the world's great jazz musicians, none more celebrated than Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong.
New Orleans |
Article
In 1718, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, founded New Orleans in a location nearly surrounded by water and largely below sea level.
New Orleans |
Article
When the Louisiana legislature passed the Separate Car Act in 1890, mandating the racial segregation of railroad passengers, a group of black activists set out to challenge the law.
New Orleans |
Article
On November 14, 1960, a 6-year-old girl walked into William J. Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. That seemingly mundane moment would shake the community and change the city forever.
New Orleans |
Article
It was the storm long feared in a city situated on the vulnerable Gulf Coast, with many areas built below sea level.
New Orleans |
Timeline
A timeline looking through the history of New Orleans' past.
Stonewall Uprising |
Timeline
In 1924, the first gay rights organization is founded by Henry Gerber in Chicago.
The Great War |
Article
The Battle of Belleau Wood in 1918 has since achieved near mythic status in U.S. military history, particularly for the U.S. Marines.
Freedom Riders |
Digital Short
In 1961, the Freedom Riders were arrested and sent to Mississippi’s Parchman Prison.
The Chinese Exclusion Act |
Chapter
Watch Chapter 1 of The Chinese Exclusion Act.
New Orleans |
Image Gallery
Justin Lundgren, a resident of New Orleans for the past ten years, found inspiration for his photography in his adopted city and its festivities.
The Chinese Exclusion Act |
Digital Short
The Chinese Exclusion Act was unlike any law enacted since the founding of the republic.
