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Minutes of the Sept. 5, 1956 meeting of the New Orleans Improvement League at the Dryades YMCA.
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New Orleans Improvement League emerged after NAACP ban

by Tammy C. Barney February 7, 2025February 7, 2025

Founded on June 21, 1956, the New Orleans Improvement League’s goal was “to promote the economic, political, civic and social betterment of colored people and their harmonious cooperation with other peoples, etc.”

Nicholas Alexander and James Dabney watch election results come in at the election night watch party at New Orleans Jazz Market on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Alexander, who serves in the U.S. Navy, voted for Harris. Dabney cited reproductive rights as one of his main concerns in the 2024 presidential election.
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Black Louisianians express disappointment in election results, discuss what’s next

Avatar photo by Arielle Robinson November 12, 2024December 6, 2024
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Lolis Edward Elie fought to end segregation in New Orleans

by Tammy C. Barney October 23, 2024October 22, 2024
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Antoine ‘Mutt’ Trudeau Jr. worked to desegregate Jefferson Parish public schools

by Tammy C. Barney September 20, 2024September 20, 2024
Buttons that say Freedom Summer sit on a table during the Power Coalition for Equity and Justice's kickoff event it for its voter registration and education drive on July 5, 2024 in New Orleans.
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Advocates tour Louisiana to register voters, educate citizens on voting rights

Avatar photo by John Gray July 29, 2024September 15, 2024
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Knights of Peter Claver founded to keep Black Catholics in church

by Tammy C. Barney May 31, 2024
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This week in history: Labor and civil rights leader Arthur Joseph Chapital is born

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker September 13, 2023September 13, 2023
Baton Rouge bus boycott larger
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June 14, 1953: Martha White refuses to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Baton Rouge bus boycott

S. Stecker Headshot by Shannon Stecker June 14, 2023June 10, 2024
As a teenager, Dodie Smith-Simmons joined the New Orleans
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I just wanted to go dancing: How I became involved in the civil rights movement

Dodie-Smith-Simmons-Feb-8.-2023-1024x768 - Edited by Dodie Smith-Simmons March 8, 2023May 24, 2024
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