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A New Orleans jazz hall and its history in the fight for Black freedom

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

Home-buying as a single Black woman is hard No one told me it d be terrifying

9:13 AM I’ve always had difficult relationships with apartments. Knowing that I’d be moving on eventually, or that the rent could spike and displace me, I often hesitated to decorate or make the space feel like mine. Not until the country started locking down last spring when millions began to panic about looming rent deadlines as paychecks dried up and many of us mulled the ethics of landlords did I seriously consider the homebuying process. It’s enshrined in our society that homes are for married couples to one day fill with their kids. As a single Black woman disenchanted by both of those prospects, I don’t see much in our media landscape about people who want to build wealth without waiting for partnership. With guidance from my mom, who bought her first house as a single mom when I was about 8, I set multiple Zillow alerts throughout New Orleans, a city I’d always wanted to live in.

2 killed, 4 wounded after Saturday night shooting in New Orleans

2 dead, 3 wounded in Saturday night New Orleans shooting, police say Police first reported 7 victims in total, then 6. Hours later, police said the shooting killed 2 victims and wounded 3 others. Author: WWL Staff Updated: 10:11 PM CDT May 2, 2021 NEW ORLEANS Two people were killed and three more were wounded by gunfire during a Saturday night shooting in New Orleans, a police statement said. The shooting happened near St. Bernard Avenue and N. Claiborne, an intersection covered by the I-10 overpass near Circle Food Store. Officers were sent to the scene of the Seventh Ward shooting around 11:42 p.m. Saturday night, where they found four people wounded.

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