On Nov. 14, 1960, Tessie Prevost's mother Dorothy Prevost stayed at home and watched local broadcast news accounts of her daughter and three other six-year old Black girls desegregating two local public schools that day, she says. Her husband accompanied their daughter, along with U.S. Marshalls, to school, instead. From...
Reparations Town Hall Meeting Set for March 12 in New Orleans
by Orissa ArendFor The New Orleans Tribune Local organizing coalition Justice and Beyond, the National African American Reparations Commission and Ashe Cultural Arts Center are hosting a “Reparations Town Hall Meeting” from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, March 12 at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center. The forum will be...
Congressman Troy Carter Kicks Off First Annual Black History Month Essay Contest for High School Students
In honor of Black History Month, U.S. Rep. Troy A. Carter Sr. is launching his first annual Black History Essay Contest, a chance for high school students in the Congressman’s district to share their dreams for a stronger, more inclusive America. “This Black History Month, I am asking students to...
