Genetic testing has revealed that a New Orleans shrimp festival was indeed selling local catch as advertised, a relief to ...

On the 24th ult. -- a little over a week ago, a boiler explosion occurred at Lee, and another at Lowell; and the day before there was another at New-Orleans, each one killing its man and injuring ...

New Orleanians never miss a chance for a party and every occasion calls for festive attire. Give yourself the gift of a good ...

NEW-ORLEANS, Tuesday, Oct. 23. The boiler of the Chemical Works, corner of Julia and Fulton streets, exploded to-day, demolishing portion of the wall of the building and injuring two persons severely.

We must become critical consumers of history again. Our present-day society demands it. We as black historians and consumers have a new black power. We finally have a platform to give our studied ...

said at the unveiling of the report at the André Cailloux Center in New Orleans last week. Lenora Gobert, staff genealogist for the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, speaks with Inclusive Louisiana co ...

In 1860, a ship carrying 110 Africans illegally ... unofficial celebration of Mardi Gras took place near present-day New Orleans in 1699, Mobile's first Mardi Gras festival, which took place ...

Evangelist Donnie Swaggart, the only son of controversial televangelist Jimmy Swaggart is now coming under fire from black Christians after he delivered a scathing rebuke of the black church and ...

It was the 1964 presidential election was between Republican Barry Goldwater and Democrat Lyndon B Johnson. It was my first ...

James ‘Deaf’ Burke took his title across the Atlantic in 1837 – fighting in New Orleans and New York. In 1842 the giant 7ft African American Charles Freeman embarked on two widely publicized battles ...

TAMPA, Fla. - Amid all the chaos and celebration inside the visitors' locker room at Raymond James Stadium, Falcons coach ...

The principal crop was corn, used as food for man and stock or turned into alcohol, which could be shipped to New Orleans or other ... perceived nationally. In 1860, there were more than 110,000 ...