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N.O. hotel once hosted plaçage balls, housed Black orphans
In the late 1800s, orphaned Black girls found a new home at St. John Berchman’s Asylum for Girls, named for the patron saint of altar servers and students.
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‘Gentleman’ David Malarcher was a Negro League champion and soldier
David Julius Malarcher was a baseball player and a gentleman.
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ICE facility in Louisiana reports its second detainee death in less than 2 months
A second detainee has died in two months at a an ICE facility in Louisiana where a recent investigation found insanitary conditions and problems with medical care.
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New Orleans News Quiz: How a documentary about the surfing industry started a censorship battle in St. John Parish
Take our quiz on how censorship accusations got a canceled documentary screening rescheduled in St. John the Baptist Parish.
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7mLosing ground: Louisiana Legislature reversing Black political power
The history of Black citizens holding elected office in Louisiana is complex.
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Months after aggressive law enforcement response, anti-Trump group returns to Pearl River
Pearl River Police arrested three people at a January protest against Trump's ICE enforcement campaign, then called in outside agencies to monitor a subsequent action in February. The organizing group had decided to stop coming to the city, until they were spurred into action by a recall petition against Gov. Jeff Landry.