You Ought to Know | Oretha Castle Haley — a New Orleans Civil Rights Warrior
In 1989, the city decided to honor her legacy by renaming a portion of Dryades street after her. They chose the area where one of her first offices was located.
Author: Sheba Turk / Eyewitness News
Published: 7:22 AM CST March 3, 2021
Updated: 7:23 AM CST March 3, 2021
NEW ORLEANS — You may call it O.C. Haley Boulevard, but the grandson of the woman who this street is named after says we should not be abbreviating her name.
"It is Oretha. I grew up hearing her mother say it," says her grandson Blair Dottin-Haley.