During his campaign for Orleans Parish district attorney, Jason Williams said that if elected he would keep a list of police officers in New Orleans with credibility problems — such as a history of ...

Life as a rambling musician in 1930s south Louisiana was one of frequent peril, especially for a Creole who, on a daily basis, faced the dual challenges of scraping together a living and treading ...

Even today, it is easier to imagine little Black girls jumping rope or playing with dolls than it is to picture them strutting onto a dangerous battlefield to battle a formidable opponent. But that’s ...

(lailluminator.com) — The Louisiana Supreme Court issued guidance to state judges on Wednesday of last week encouraging them to grant state lawmakers who are attorneys extensions on court proceedings ...

If the community wants John Mac back and the Orleans Parish School Board wants John Mac back—it begs the question of the Recovery School District: Why not? On Tuesday, the Orleans Parish School Board ...

On September 19, The Louisiana Weekly will celebrate its 99th anniversary of covering stories focused on New Orleans’ African-American community. Originally founded under the moniker The New Orleans ...

ThGreg Bright spent 27.5 years in prison before being exonerated in 2003. After proving his factual innocence, he began receiving wrongful conviction compensation from the state of Louisiana. Bright ...

The New York Times observed the 400th Anniversary of enslaved Africans’ arrival in North America. with a special magazine: The 1619 Project. The editors explained the newspaper’s purpose in publishing ...

The latter sounds longer ago than the former. For one fall weekend, it seemed like only yesterday to a group of mostly post-World War II babies. United by sweet memories tasted during a year of bitter ...

Rarely has a devastating tragedy united a community, fought back against racial stereotypes, and countered the crippling effect of government neglect and poor urban policy as much as at Edna Karr High ...

Black students and their families have long viewed the system used to rank colleges and universities with a jaundiced eye given its penchant for applying metrics that often relegate historically Black ...

New Orleanians know the pivotal role the city played in the modern Civil Rights Movement. However, the City Council’s recent passage of Ordinance 32,879 on January 16, to rededicate the triangle of ...