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Author Archives: J’Brionne Helaire

J’Brionne Helaire is a senior mass communication major at Dillard University. She is the editor-in-chief of Dillard University’s newspaper, The Courtbouillon. Helaire has interned for The Times-Picayune, CBS Sports, and is now a part of Verite’s inaugural college fellowship. She is also a fellow in Dr. Ron Jackson’s inaugural HBCU PhD Pipeline Program and is a freelance photographer.
Helaire is from Cecilia, Louisiana and chose New Orleans as her home for her undergraduate career.

Carrollton Streetcar line
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May 8, 1867: New Orleans streetcars desegregated

JBrionneHelaire by J’Brionne Helaire May 8, 2023September 23, 2024

Before there was Homer Plessy, there was William Nichols. And before there was Rosa Parks, there was Joseph Guillaume. And before there was the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, there was The New Orleans Tribune-led protest. 

Louisiana Purchase
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May 2, 1803: Louisiana Purchase treaty is signed

JBrionneHelaire by J’Brionne Helaire May 2, 2023August 11, 2023
A painting by Maurits Frederik Hendrik de Haas
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April 25, 1862: Union forces capture New Orleans

JBrionneHelaire by J’Brionne Helaire April 25, 2023August 11, 2023
Tank and the Bangas is scheduled to perform for the 2023
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Documentary highlights the history, culture of Jazz Fest

JBrionneHelaire by J’Brionne Helaire April 24, 2023June 10, 2024
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On this day: Deepwater Horizon oil spill

JBrionneHelaire by J’Brionne Helaire April 20, 2023August 11, 2023
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On this day: Colfax Massacre of 1873

JBrionneHelaire by J’Brionne Helaire April 13, 2023August 11, 2023
Rosa Keller
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Heiress to Coca-Cola bottling fortune fought segregation in New Orleans

JBrionneHelaire by J’Brionne Helaire March 21, 2023June 10, 2024
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Photo gallery: Scenes from Tremé

JBrionneHelaire by J’Brionne Helaire March 2, 2023May 24, 2024
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Formerly enslaved, Rose Nicaud helped pioneer culinary entrepreneurship

JBrionneHelaire by J’Brionne Helaire February 14, 2023May 24, 2024
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