Preservation Hall Brass Band, by Alan Flattmann (www.alanflattmann.com)
In 1857, in a decree that flouted Louisiana case law that allowed white men to free their enslaved children, paramours and common-law wives, the Louisiana legislature voted that slavery could no longer be reversed. It was one more tightening of the screws by plantation interests against Blacks as the legislature grew more polarized over the slave economy.
In 1858, New Orleans closed an African Methodist Episcopal church after police raids for “unlawful assembly” of enslaved and free Blacks. The city of 116,000, the nation’s largest market in the sale of human beings, had nearly 10,000 free people of color
Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 6:00pm
Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses
New Orleans, LA 70156
Did you know that the long arc of the civil rights movement began in New Orleans over 150 years ago? Drawing from years of research, Mark Roudané will reveal the little known history of L Union, the South s first Black newspaper, and the New Orleans Tribune, America s first Black daily. A powerful and successful campaign for racial justice coalesced around these groundbreaking journals.
About the Speaker:
Mark Charles Roudané is a sixth generation New Orleanian. He is the great, great grandson of Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez, founder the South’s first Black newspaper, L’Union, as well as the New Orleans Tribune, America’s first Black daily. Inspired by his heritage, Mark has spent the last decade passionately researching these groundbreaking journals in order to bring this inspirational and underrepresented history to the general public. His book, The New Orleans Tribune, A