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Shannon Stecker is a creative writer, a marketing director, and a lover of stories. She has spent the past 15 years of her career in a creative space – as a print and broadcast journalist, a freelance writer, a podcast content manager, and now, a marketing executive. A storyteller at heart, Shannon’s passion is to change the narrative of the Black community by creating and sharing stories around love, family, business, and history.

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This week in history: Lee Harvey Oswald is born

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker October 17, 2023October 17, 2023
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This week in history: Civil rights activist Oretha Castle Haley died

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker October 13, 2023June 10, 2024
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This week in history: St. Augustine Catholic Church in Treme is dedicated

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker October 11, 2023October 11, 2023
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This week in history: Ernest ‘Dutch’ Morial is born

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker October 9, 2023October 10, 2023
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This week in history: New Orleans musician Smiley Lewis died

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker October 6, 2023June 10, 2024
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This week in history: President Obama creates Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force in response to BP oil spill

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker October 4, 2023October 4, 2023
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This week in history: The 11th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery is disbanded

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker October 2, 2023October 3, 2023
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This week in history: The 1868 Opelousas massacre is one of the deadliest days in Louisiana history

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker September 29, 2023October 3, 2023
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This week in history: Audrey Patterson-Tyler, the first Black woman in the U.S. to win an Olympic medal, is born

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
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This week in history: The New Orleans Saints return to the Superdome

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

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