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Freedom Rider Julia Humbles challenged the rules of segregation
One of the women on the first Freedom Ride bus was New Orleans native Julia Aaron Humbles.
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Dave Bartholomew was ‘one of rock ’n’ roll’s greatest producers’
When it comes to collaborations, the one between Fats Domino and David Louis Bartholomew was epic.
Ernie K-Doe and Little Richard were regulars at Club Tiajuana
If musicians wanted to listen to other musicians in the 1950s, they went to Club Tiajuana located at 1209 Saratoga St. in New Orleans. Owned by Oscar Bolden Jr., Club Tiajuana provided a hotel and restaurant to Black artists during segregation. According to Mind Smoke Records, musician Al Reed said the club’s customers did not…
Before Jelly Roll Morton, there was there was Tony Jackson
Despite being born with epilepsy, pianist Antonio Junius “Tony” Jackson became known as “the man of a thousand songs.” According to pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, there was no tune—written or unwritten—that Tony couldn’t play. Born in New Orleans in 1882, Jackson had a twin brother, Prince Albert, who died 14 months later. Tony…
Toni Stone was the first woman to play in the Negro Leagues
Toni Stone, the first woman to play baseball in the male Negro Leagues, was a member of the New Orleans Creoles in the 1950s.
The Gypsy Tea Room brought Black celebrities to Treme
Inspired by a nationwide trend, the Gypsy Tea Room in New Orleans attracted a who’s who list of national celebrities and distinguished locals.
Yvonne Busch taught some of the best musicians to come out of N.O.
Yvonne Busch taught drummer Herlin Riley, R&B legend James “Sugar Boy” Crawford Jr., and thousands of others.
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Tammy C. Barney is an award-winning columnist who spent most of her career at two major newspapers, The Times-Picayune and The Orlando Sentinel. She served as a bureau chief, assistant city editor, TV editor, specialty sections editor, and was the first Black woman to lead the newsroom at the Daily Comet in Thibodaux, LA. Tammy has won several writing awards, including the prestigious Vernon Jarrett Award for Journalistic Excellence in 2006 for a series of columns regarding the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.