The New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is working closely with NWA to update residents through NOLAReady if the likelihood of local impacts increases.
The New Orleans home where civil rights activist Oretha Castle Haley grew up and that served as a hub for Louisiana s civil rights movement in the 1960s has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Treme neighborhood Craftsman-style home at 917-919 N. Tonti Street, which Haley shared with her parents and sister, Doris, is listed on the National Register as the "Castle Family Home" and later became known as the Freedom House, serving as a backdrop for pivotal moments in the city s civil rights history. Haley participated in numerous protests, demonstrations and sit-ins fighting for racial equality. She notably challenged the segregation of facilities and lunch counters in New Orleans and promoted Black voter registration throughout Louisiana.