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Second-Liners Profile Series for Data News Weekly February 24 2015
Feb 25, 2015, 3:24 p.m.
Catina Braxton grew up in the Third Ward, where she saw a constant stream of second-lines during her youth in 1980s and 1990s. She recalls seeing the Lady Buckjumpers when they were a newly formed club.
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UNCF New Orleans Mayor's Masked Ball Features Host of Culinary All-Stars
Feb 25, 2015, 3:20 p.m.
UNCF (the United Negro College Fund) and New Orleans Mayor Mitchell J. Landrieu will host the second annual New Orleans Masked Ball, celebrating the organization’s 70th anniversary and honoring local supporters who enable UNCF to get deserving New Orleans students to and through college.
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Morris Reed and Cornell William Brooks Lead Local and National NAACP into the Future
Feb 18, 2015, 10:57 a.m.
For over a century the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is the oldest continuous Civil Rights Organization in the United States.
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"Black Broadway: African Americans on the Great White Way"
Feb 18, 2015, 10:47 a.m.
That’s what you’ve got for entertainment, and there’s still nothing on TV. That doesn’t keep you from looking, though, and wishing for something different.
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NNPA and the Black Press Continues to be Important in Bringing News People Can Use
Feb 4, 2015, 10:14 p.m.
The Black Press has a long and storied history. From its earliest days in 1827 when Rev. Samuel Cornish and John Russworm started the Freedom Journal
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Black History Month Special
Feb 4, 2015, 9:42 p.m.
If you’ve attended one of the Original New Orleans Lady Buckjumpers’ legendary second lines, then you might have seen their president, Linda Porter
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A Bridge to Learning, A Lesson in Living:
Feb 4, 2015, 12:39 a.m.
In March of 2013 the City was rocked by the news of Terrilynn Monette, a native of Long Beach, California who came to New Orleans and was a second grade teacher at Woodland West Elementary School
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Lil Wayne Sues Cash Money for $51 Million
Feb 4, 2015, 10:15 a.m.
Lil Wayne is suing Cash Money with the hopes of ending his contract with the label, according to TMZ. The lawsuit alleges that CEO Bryan "Birdman" Williams and the company have withheld a substantial amount of money
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