A federal appellate court has cleared the way for displays of the Ten Commandments in every Louisiana public school classroom ...

Potential visitors have to do their own work to find much information about Black history and culture in New Orleans.

Norman C. Francis, the former president of Xavier University and New Orleans civil rights leader who died early Wednesday ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil ...

Along the same lines for your library of graphic novels and contemporary Black heroes is “March.” This memoir by Congressman ...

Hospitals in some states have only recently been reimbursed for COVID expenses. East Alabama Medical Center was reimbursed $4.7 million at the end of 2024. The hospital requested the money in 2020, ...

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The impact of the life of Francis, the longest-tenured president at Xavier University, was felt through many different sectors of New Orleans life.

Armstrong’s love for Zulu began when he watched the parade as a 9-year-old boy. In the 1930s, he became an honorary member of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, the fraternal organization that ...

Clean, full bodied sound reached every corner of the band room as the young musicians rehearsed. Rows of golden trophies line the shelves, almost appearing to watch over them. In between the playing ...