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2017 Treme Creole Gumbo Fest
Photos by Kichea S. Burt The 10th Annual Treme’ Creole Gumbo Festival is New Orleans’ Premier Brass Band Showcase, and the best place on earth to sample a dozen different styles of gumbo. On Saturday […]
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Commentary
Proposed Tax Reform Plan Will Destroy Black America
By Phillip Jackson Think about the worst racial policies of America. Chattel slavery. Jim Crow segregation. Apartheid. Share-cropping. Mass incarceration. Ethnic cleansing. Education, housing and economic discrimination. Wealth gaps and health gaps. Now think of […]
Local
City of New Orleans Announces Opening of Real Time Crime Monitoring Center
Data News Staff Report Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell, local public safety leaders, the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and City officials announced the opening of the Real Time Crime Monitoring Center (517 N. […]
Commentary
To Be Equal: No Success Without a Successor
President &CEO National Urban League by Marc H. Morial “You are where you are today because you stand on somebody’s shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand […]
Featured
Bayou Classic 2017
By Eric Craig After Grambling State University reigned as Champion of the Bayou Classic during last year’s game, Southern University is coming back with vengeance. On Saturday, Nov. 25th, the Grambling State University Tigers and the […]
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Big Chief of the Week #23 Big Chief Kendell “Suge” Trepagnier Black Eagle Tribe
By Glenn Jones TRIBAL TIMELINE 1951 – 1967 Big Chief Lawrence Fletcher 1967 – 1981 Big Chief Percy “P” Lewis 1982 – 2011 Big Chief Gerard “Rardi” Lewis 2012 – present Big Chief Curtis “Suge” […]
Local
New Orleans Elections Makes History
By Edwin Buggage Historic Night in New Orleans New Orleans voters went to the polls and history was made as the City elected its first woman Mayor, LaToya Cantrell and the first Asian-American elected to […]
National
The Black Press Says Its Farewell to a New York Beacon
NNPA Newswire The Black Press lost one of its most devoted freedom warriors, last week. Walter “Ball” Smith, Publisher of the New work Beacon and the Philadelphia Observer die on Friday, November 10th. He was […]
Local
Marc H. Morial: Celebrating 25 Years of Public Service
Data News Staff Edited Report Friends, colleagues, protégés and mentors of Marc H. Morial gathered in his hometown Thursday night to celebrate his 25 years of public service with a tribute and examination of the impact of […]
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Delaney’s Armoire’s Top XULA Homecoming Looks 2017
Delaney George This year’s Homecoming at HBCU Xavier University was one to remember. Students brought their A-Game on the courts and in fashion. Throughout the many events of homecoming week, students made sure they stepped […]