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The Insurrection of 1768 appeared to be successful until Alejandro O’Reilly arrived.  The French colonists had run the first Spanish governor of Louisiana out of town because of trade restrictions and poor leadership. Spain sent O’Reilly to settle the situation in August 1769. “He wasted no time bringing to justice those who were accused of crimes against the crown,” the Historic New Orleans Collection states. “The five ringleaders were sentence…

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At noon on Sunday (Oct. 13), all of the picnic tables at Delicias de Jamo, a restaurant-stall inside the Dix Jazz Market in Algiers – that boasts 100% Hondureño cuisine – were full of customers leaned over piping hot dishes, like sopa de res – a hearty beef and vegetable soup, seasoned with achiote that leaves an oily orange residue on the edges of bright white bowls – and pollo con tajadas – fried chicken strips covered in spiced mayo and pickl…

‘It brings me back to my land’: Algiers flea market a community space for growing Hispanic population

Jasmine Groves, the daughter of Kim Groves, hosted the 30th and final memorial celebration for her mother on Sunday (Oct. 13) afternoon at the Fred Hampton Free Store in the Lower 9th Ward. The event doubled as a birthday celebration for Jasmine Groves, who turned 43 on Monday (Oct. 14). Wearing a birthday sash, she thanked everyone for attending. “My mom was actually planning my birthday when she got killed,” Jasmine Groves said. The memorial c…

Daughter of woman killed in hit ordered by NOPD officer holds final memorial

New Orleans city agencies are pushing back against Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s proposed 2025 budget, saying the mayor’s proposal — which includes funding cuts for most departments — will prevent them from hiring and retaining the employees necessary to do their work. Requests for more money – and more employees – were a consistent theme last week, the first week of departmental budget hearings before the New Orleans City Council. At the start of the…

Departments continue to push council for more funding in city’s 2025 budget

In the 1600s, the area that would become New Orleans was called Bulbancha or “the land of many tongues” by the Choctaw tribe, according to the Historic New Orleans Collection. New Orleans Historical states the area was where “indigenous groups, such as the Chitimacha, Choctaw, Ishak, Tunica and Natchez nations, traded with one another and with white explorers and colonizers.”  The French Market was founded by the Ouma (Houma) tribe, “who sold go…

Native Louisiana tribes founded the French Market

A local environmental nonprofit released a report on Saturday (Oct. 12) that says it found lead in the water of nearly 90% of homes it tested throughout New Orleans over the summer. The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans, which focuses on advocacy and awareness surrounding water policy and management, tested the water in 144 homes across 37 neighborhoods in New Orleans over the summer and said that 88% of the homes tested positive for le…

88% of homes tested in New Orleans had detectable levels of lead, study finds

The New Orleans Police Department started hosting meetings this week to allow the public the chance to provide feedback on a plan to ramp down federal oversight over a two-year period following a request by the city and U.S. Department of Justice to exit the consent decree on Sept. 27. The meetings, which will continue next week, have occurred so far at NOPD stations in the fourth, third and second districts. NOPD Deputy Superintendent Nicholas …

NOPD meetings to collect feedback on consent decree exit have been sparsely attended so far

In this episode of Porch Poppin’, EJ Johnson reflects on a New Orleans woman who disguised herself as a man to fight in the Civil War. READ MORE: Loreta Janeta Velazquez: She disguised herself as a man to fight in the Civil War  The post Porch Poppin’: She dressed up as a man to fight in the Civil War appeared first on Verite News.

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A federal appellate court is set to hear oral arguments Monday in a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies to place polluting industries in majority-Black communities.

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Hundreds of nurses at UMC plan to strike for one day next Friday. The CEO of the hospital says patient care will be “unaffected.”

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Louis Congo, who was enslaved in the Louisiana colony in the early 1700s, was set free in November 1725. In exchange for his freedom, however, he was forced to become the public executioner for the colony – a different form of slavery. According to Black Perspectives, execution was not a desirable career. “The executioner,” Menika Dirkson wrote for the website, “indiscriminately inflicted pain and death on alleged criminals, regularly witnessed …

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