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.