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Aaron, Hank, 233 Antoine, Louis, 241 Aaron, Julia, 194, 196, 235-36 Apache Hunters, 217, 219 Adams, Johnny, 235 Armstrong, Beatrice, 105 Ad Libitum Club, 205 Armstrong, Louis, 40, 45, 86, 103, Ainsworth, Robert, Jr., 241 105-16, 119, 136, 234, 236, 245 Albert, Josephine, 103 Armstrong, Lucille, 103 Alcee Fortier High School, 249-51 Armstrong, Mary Ann, 103, 107 Alexander, Adolphe, 249 Armstrong Park, 43, 55 Alexander, Avery, 234, 236-37, Armstrong, Willie, 103 241, 248 Arnaud, Elvina Armstrong, 130 Alexis, Lucien Victor, 122, 127, Arnaud, Wellington, 243 131 Astoria Restaurant, 203 Allen, Archie, 189, 234 Aubert, Wilfred, 151 Amedee, Earl J., 162, 173, 248 August, Frank, 247 American Anti-Slavery Society, Augustine, Israel, 173, 175, 249, 31 251 American Equal Rights Autocrat Club, 203, 205-7, 235 Association, 36, 170 American Federation of Teachers Baby Dolls, 38 Conference, 227 Bagneris, Jeanne, 127 American Football League, 243 Baker, Isiah, 246 American Legion, 240 Baldwin, James, 239, 240 American Missionary, The Bambara, 46-48, 54 (magazine), 139 bamboula, 43, 49-50, 54 American Negro League, 234 Banks, Levine, 245 Amistad Research Center, 142, Barbee, Benjamin, 238 169, 175 Barbee, William, 194 Anderson, Marian, 131, 240 Barney, Clarence, 247

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Bartholomew, Dave, 248 Boyer and Taylor Company Batiste, Becate, 221 (undertaker), 101 Batiste, John, 246 Braden, Warren, 164 Baumann’s Drugstore, 99 Bradford, Constance, 235 Bayou St. John, 205 Bras Coupé, 54 Beaulieu, P. W., 98 Bridges, Ruby, 177, 180, 185, 234 Beauregard Square, 55 Briley, Joseph, 239 Bedou, Arthur P., 98 Brown, Charlie, 230 Beecher Memorial Congregational Brown, Debria, 238 Church, 136-37 Brown, James, 236 Benjamin, Robert, 246 Brown, Laura, 94 Bennett, Elizabeth, 144 Brown, Mayme Osby, 202 Berry, Chuck, 236 Brown, Roy, 165-66 Berteaux, Iona, 179 Brown, Vincent, 247 Bertoneau, Arnold, 31 Bunch Club, 132, 205, 213-15 Bertrand, Armand, 235 Burgess, Reuben, 247-48 Bethlehem Temple, 203, 214 Burns, Leonard, 183, 236, 243 Bethune, Mary McLeod, 135 Bush, Earl Benjamin, 179-80 Big Chief, 218, 219 Bush v. Board of Education, 172 Bishop Perry Middle School, 66, Butler, Gordon, 249 76, 78 Butler, Michael, 244 Black and Tan Lounge, 36 Bynum, Horace, 246, 249 Black Benny, 222 Byrd, Daniel, 147, 154, 179, 236 Black Codes, 29, 30, 67 Black Eagles, 217 Cable, George Washington, 50-52 Black Pirates, 203 Cailloux, André, 31 Black Storyville, 103, 105-6, 110 Cailloux, Felicie, 69 Blanc, Antoine, 24 Caledonia, 39 Blocker, Murrie, 248 Capetowners Club, 203 Blue Birds Sewing Circle, 207 Carmichael, Stokely, 246 Blunt, Alphonse, 243 Carnation Social and Pleasure Bocage, Eddie, 235 Club, 207 Bocage, O. T., 95 Carnegie, Dale, 135, 141 Bolden, Buddy, 82, 106-7 Carnival, 201-3, 205-6, 217 Bon Temps, 205-7 Carter, Cecil, 189, 234, 240 Borders, Florence, 198 Carter, Dennis J. S., 99 Boulton, Laura, 45, 50 Carter, Robert L., 173 Bowman, Sylvia, 243 Carver, George Washington, 135

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Castellanos, Henry C., 20 Civil Rights Movement, 169, 173, Castille, Paul Vincent, 163 203, 205 Castle, Collie, 243 Claiborne Candy Company, 36 Castle, Doris, 194, 196, 199, 235- Claiborne YWCA, 142 36, 241 Clark, Dorothy Gardner, 132, 133 Castle, Oretha, 189, 234, 240 Clark, Edwin, 238 Castle, Virgie, 199 Coalition of Federated Cates, Sidney, 243, 248 Organizations, 197 Catholic Indigent Orphan Cobb, Raymond, 249 Institute, 66, 68-69, 75-76 Cobette, A. J., 88 Celestin, Oscar “Papa,” 163, 165 Cohen, Walter L., 73, 80, 137 Celli, Romeo, 73 Coles, Robert, 185 Central City, 80-83, 143, 145, Collins, Lionel, 173 149, 205, 207, 219 Collins, Lucretia, 192, 195 Central Congregational Church, Collins, Robert, 173, 175, 187, 142 189, 199, 236, 240 Champagne, Shirley, 167 Collins, Virginia, 241 Chaney, James, 197 Collins, Walter, 251 Chapital, A. J., 137 “Colored Soldier Boys of Uncle Chapital, Arthur, 239, 242-43 Sam, The”, 98 Charbonnet, Louis, 73, 88 Colored Waif’s Home Band, 110 Charity Hospital, 243 Comiskey, James, 236 Charles, Josephine, 24 Comité des Citoyens (Citizens’ Charles, Millie, 245 Committee), 70, 170-72 Chase, Dooky, 207 Community Responsibility Chase, Leah, 40, 121 Program, 145-46 Chatman, James, 164 Congo Square, 31-32, 34, 40, 43, Cherokee Hunters, 217 45-52, 54-55, 217, 221, 229 Cheyenne Hunters, 217 Congo Square Writer’s Workshop, Chicago Hotel, 95 55 Choctaws, 47 Congregation Hall, 36 Christenberry, Herbert, 241-42 Congress of Industrial Christovich, Mary Louise, 19-20, 24 Organizations (C.I.O.), 146-47, Church of God in Christ, 137 150, 153 Circle Food Store, 205 Congress of Racial Equality Civil Rights, 197-99 (CORE), 173, 187-91, 194, Civil Rights Act of 1964, 168, 196-99, 205, 234-35, 240-42, 241-43 244

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Connor, Eugene “Bull,” 192 Davis Piano Company, 98 Coordinating Council, 237, 239- Day of Rededication to the 40 Advancement of Human Copelin, Sherman, 243 Dignity, 248 Corrigan, Crash, 167 Dejan’s Orchestra, 132 Cottles, Vernon, 244 Dejoie, C. C., 162 Coustaut’s String Band, 35 Dejoie, Constant C., Sr., 131 Couvent, (Gabriel) Bernard, 63- Dejoie, Henry, 248-49 64, 67 Dejoie’s Cut-Rate Pharmacy, 83 Couvent, Marie C., 63-64, 66-71, Dejoie’s Hub Shoe Store, 83 75-76 Delgado Community College, 243 Cox, Benjamin Elton, 199 Delille, Henriette, 22, 24 Craig, Joseph A., 33 Denison, Yvonne Amelie, 207 Cray, David, 76 Dennis, David, 194, 197, 199, 235- Creole Wild West, 218-19, 221 36, 245 Crescent Hairdressing College, 93 Dent, Albert, 234, 243, 245, 247, Crisis magazine, 80, 98 249 Crockere, Basil, 35, 69-70 Dent, Tom, 55, 248 Crocker, Lawrence, 247 Desdunes, Rodolphe Lucien, 31, Crusader newspaper, 35, 171-72 35, 69, 71, 78, 80, 171 Cuba, 67 Diamond Stars Mardi Gras Indian Cullen, Countee, 131 tribe, 230 Customs House, 80, 83 Diaz, Lizadie, 73 Dillard University, 142, 233-34, Daily Spokesman, 98 238-39, 241, 245, 248-49 Damballah, 48 Dixie Cups, 243 Dana Hubbard v. Fred Tannehill, Dixie Park, 88 175 Dolliole, Jean-Louis, 66 Daniel, Irvin S., 240-41 Domino, Fats, 164 Darensbourg, Judy, 227 Dooky Chase’s Restaurant, 121, Dashiki Theater, 250 215, 244 D’aspenza, Ruth, 189, 234 Dorsey, Lee, 235 Davidson, N. R., 248, 250 Dorsey, Willie, 147, 149 Davis, A. L., 149, 151, 154, 173, Doubleday Bookstore, 241 234, 236, 239, 240-41, 249 Douglas, Nils, 173, 189, 240, 249 Davis, A. L. (Park), 205 Douglass, Frederick, 129 Davis, Jimmie, 180, 233 Draper, David, 217 Davis, Peter, 110 Dr. Daddy-O, 165

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Drexel, Katherine, 71 Farmer, James Leonard, Jr., 187, Dryades Street, 82-83, 93 190, 196, 198-99 Du Bois, W. E. B., 135, 141, 146, Farrell, Margot C., 179 248 Fate Marable’s Cotton Pickers, 214 Dubuclet, C., 94 Fauset, Jessie, 131 Duhart, Adolphe, 69 Felton, Delores, 167 Dunbars’ Social and Pleasure Club, Ferbos, Stanley, 247 207 Ferdinand, Kenneth, 250 Duncan, Mitchell J., 248 Ferrouilet, John, 94 Dunham, Katherine, 45, 50 First Avenue Baptist Church, 192 Dunn, Alberta V., 131 First District Emancipation Club, Dupont, Elaine, 167 33 Dutton, Dannon, 78 Fisk Colored School, 106, 136 Duvernay, Raymond, 246 Fitzmorris, Jimmy, 245, 251 Five Satins, 235 Eagle Saloon, 107 Flag Boy, 218, 221 Eaglin, Snooks, 235 Flag of Black Liberation, 250 Egana, Annabel Nash, 127, 130 Fletcher, Lawrence, 219 Eighth Ward Hunters, 222, 224, Flint-Goodridge Hospital, 142, 232 234 Elie, Lolis, 173, 187, 189, 199, Flint Medical College, 86 236, 240 Floyd, George, 83 Elloie, Pearlie Hardin, 236, 238-39 Floyd, Raymond, 234, 235 Emancipation Petitions, 67 Fort Saint Ferdinand, 23, 47-48 Emancipation Proclamation, 31- Foster, June, 167 32, 95, 109, 239 Fourth Colored United States Era (newspaper), 32 Cavalry, 32 Ernie the Whip, 166 Francis, Norman C., 243, 247, 249 Essence Festival, 227 Francis, Willie, 245 Esteves, Arthur, 70 Francs Amis, 96 Etienne, Gail, 177, 180, 184-85, Franklin, Dorsey, 95 234 Frantz Elementary School, 235 Eureka Brass Band, 238 Frederick, Rivers, 99 Excelsior Brass Band and Frederick, Rivers, II, 242-43 Orchestra, 98 Fredericks, Rivers, 147, 162 Freedom Rides, 187, 190,-92, 194- Family Service Society, 142 99, 235-36 Fanti, 47 Free Southern Theater, 189, 246-48

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Friedrichs, David W., 147 Great Depression, 133 Friends of Hope Benevolent Hall, Greater Saint Stephen Baptist 36 Church, 237 Friends of New Orleans Green, Esther Barnum, 20, 36, 38, , 64, 76, 78 42 Frontiers, Inc., 157 Greensboro, North Carolina, 233 Funky Butt, 106, 107 Gregoire, Emmanuel, 236 Gretna Cyclones, 202 Gallinghouse, A. P., 244 Greyhound Corporation, 197 Gardner, Dorothy, 127, 131, 134 Griffin, Sister Bessie, 166 Garrison, James “Jim,” 241 Guidry, Robert, 224 Garroway, Dave, 103 Guillory, Barbara M., 236, 238-39 Garth, Mercedes Mayfield, 132 Guillot, B. J., 238 Garvey, Marcus, 146 Guy, Harrison, 244 Gaudin, Juliette, 24 Geddes, Clem, 101 Haiti, 63-64, 67, 69 Geddes Funeral Home, 93 Haley, Oretha Castle, 198-99 Geddes, George, 101 Haley, Richard, 198-99, 242 Geddes-Richards Funeral Home, Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo, 46 167 Hall, Jim, 247 Giarusso, Joseph, 243 Hardin, Joseph A., 137 Gilliam, Ted, 250 Harlem Renaissance, 131 Glee Club of the Dryades Street Harper, William, 189, 234 YMCA, 86 Harpo, Slim, 235 Globe Hall, 36, 210 Harrell, William M., 189, 234 Gold Diggers, 203 Harris, Henry, 234 Golden Arrows, 217 Harrison, Donald, 219 Golden Eagles, 217 Harris, Wynonie, 166 Golden Rod’s Social and Pleasure Hawkettes, 165 Club, 207 Haydel, C. C., 172 Golden Stars, 217 Haynes, Owens, 210 Goldfinch, Sidney, 189, 234, 240 Hearn, Lafcadio, 52 Goodman, Andrew, 197 Hebert, F. Edward, 183 Grambling University, 173, 236 Hebert, Zelma, 243 Grand Army of the Republic, 96 Helm, Jack, 246 Grand Emancipation Programme, Henry, Clarence “Chink,” 234, 32 237, 241, 248 Gray, Luther, 55 Henry, Clarence “Frogman,” 235

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Henry, Samuel, Jr., 244 Jackson, Mahalia, 241 Henry, Vance, 130 Jackson, Vonelle, 242 Herbert Leary and His Music Jackson, W. A., 94 Makers, 215 Jack, Wellborn, 180 High Art Café and Restaurant, 95 Jacques, Moilene, 164 Hill, Jessie, 233, 235 Jane Alley, 103, 112 Hill, Veronica, 179 Janssens, Francis, 71 Hi Smile, 130 Jeanmard, J. M., 73 Hollander, Edward, 199 Jeanmarie, George, 98 Holy Redeemer School, 36, 64, Jefferson, Beatrice, 127 66, 76 Jefferson, Herman, 245 Houma Indians, 22, 47 Jeff, Morris F. X., Sr., 226, 236 Huddleston, George, 191 Joe Dave’s meat market, 20 Hudson, Harold, 243 Johnson, Al “Carnival Time,” 235 Hudson, Joseph, 243 Johnson, Benjamin, 173 Hughes, Langston, 131 Johnson, Bunk, 107 Human Relations Committee, Johnson, Clayton, 249 236, 247, 249 Johnson, Ida, 154 Humbles, Julia, 240 Johnson, James Weldon, 135 Humphrey, Percy and Willie, 239 Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 242-44, Hunter, Lucille Mouton, 127, 130 249 Hunters Field, 205 Johnson, Victoria, 244 Hurricane Betsy, 134, 245 Johnson, Wellington, 247 Hurricane Katrina, 76 Jolly Boys and Girls Club, 203 hurricane of 1915, 71 Jolly Boys Social and Pleasure Hutton, Lucille, 142 Club, 243 Hynes, Eddie, 165 Jones, Alvin B., 241 Jones, Clyde G., 141 “I Daresay,” 144, 146, 152-53 Jones, Jimmy, 235 Ida Club, 35 Jones, J. M., 98 Illinois Club, 210 Jones, Joseph, 110, 112 Imperial Dental Parlor, 101 Jones, Manuela, 110 Indianapolis Freeman, 86 Jones Troop 99, 140 Ink Spots, 164, 167 Jones, Valena C., 136 Iroquois Hunters, 217 Jordan, Clarence, 248 Jordan, Jack, 244 Jackie Wilson Show, 245 Joseph A. Craig Elementary Jackson, Fred, 243 School, 20, 38, 133

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Joseph Moret’s String Band, 35 Lasalle, Lily Anne, 141 Joseph S. Clark High School, 236, Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 22, 24, 248 43, 45, 49-51, 108 Joubert, L. J., 73 Laveau, Marie, 48 Journey of Reconciliation, 188, 190 Lawless, Alfred, 96, 136 Jupiter, Clarence, 245 Lawless, Dorothy, 207 League of Good Government, 242, K-Doe, Ernie, 164 244 Kein, Sybil, 248 Lee, “Robbe,” 219 Kennedy, John F., 194, 238 Lee, Thomas, 105 Kennedy-Johnson Voter’s League, Leon, Allen, 208 234 Les Cenelles, 35, 69 Kennedy, Robert, 191-92, 194 Les Jeunes Amis Hall, 206 Kennedy, Rose, 234 Lester, John, 112 Kenner, Chris, 235 Les Toujour Amis, 206 Kennon, Robert F., 162 Levere, George W., 34 King, Earl, 164, 166, 235 Lewis, Clarence, 243 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 192, 194- Lewis, George, 249 95, 237, 248 Lewis, John, 190 King, Nathan Johnny, Jr., 206-7 Lewis, Smiley, 235 Knight, Wiley, 210, 212 Lewis, Theron, 243-44 Kumbuka Drum and Dance Lincoln, Abraham, 31, 33-34 Collective, 55 Lincoln Beach, 159, 161-68, 234, 236, 243 Labat, Victor, 214 Lincoln Park, 88 Laborers’ Union Hall, 206 Little Ruby Saloon, 95 Labranche’s Drugstore, 99, 132 Lombard, Rudy, 187-89, 198-99, Ladies of Equal Justice, 96 234-36, 240 Ladies of Mercy, 96 London Avenue, 175 Ladies of Morality, 71 London, Earl, 248 Ladies of Providence, 96 Long, Alecia, 106 Ladies of Silence, 96 Longe, George, 130, 213 Lafon, Thomy, 31, 71 Long, Russell, 183 Lala, Pete, 107 Longshoremen Protective Union, Landrieu, Maurice “Moon,” 246, 96 251 Lords and Ladies’ Club, 207 Landrum, Louis, 234, 241 Louisiana Commission on Race Lanusse, Armand, 69, 201 Relations, 245

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Louisiana High School Athletic Marigny, Henri, 230 Association (LHSAA), 245, Marigolds, 203 247 Marshall, Thurgood, 173, 233 Louisiana Orchestra, 98 Martinet, Louis A., 70, 169-72 Louisiana Purchase, 22 Martinet Society, 169, 172-73, Louisiana State Beauty and Barber 235, 240 College, 206 Martin, Joseph, 137 Louisiana State Museum, 229 Mary, Aristide, 31, 40, 71 Louisiana State University, 238 Masson, Ann, 24 Louisiana State University in New Mathieu, Agnes, 19 Orleans (LSUNO), 237 Mathieu, Rick, 42 Louisiana State University Maurice, Margaret, 98 Medical Center, 240 Mayfield, Mercedes, 129 Louisiana Weekly, 131, 133, 138- McCain, James, 188, 234 39, 144-45, 147-48, 151, 154, McCarty School, 131 156, 162, 164, 202, 205, 208, McCrory Store, 234, 240 210, 248 McDonald, Vivian Janet, 242 Loyola University, 239 McDonogh #19 Elementary Luke, Leontine, 240 School, 177, 181, 184 L’Union, 31 McDonogh #35 High and Normal School, 121-22, 127, 129-34, madras, 45 213 Maenhaut, Constantine, 67, 71 McDonogh Day, 179, 183, 246 Magnolia Bridge, 223 McKay, D. W., 88 Mahogany Hall, 107 McKeithen, John, 245 Malarcher, Marguerite, 141 McKelpin, Joseph, 141 Malcolm X, 250 McKelpin v. Board of Education, Mandinkas, 47 172 Manetta, Manuel, 86 McKenna, George, Sr., 137 March on Washington, 241 McKinley High School, Baton Mardi Gras, 201-3, 205-9, 217, Rouge, 127 221 McKinley, Larry, 166 Mardi Gras Blackout, 183, 203, McKissick, Floyd, 187, 199 235-36 McNamara, Bernadette, 76 Mardi Gras Indians, 38, 107, 203, Medley, Marilyn, 75 205, 217-19, 221-27, 229-30, Mension, Danny, 249 232, 244 Meunier, Gotton, 19 Marigny, Faubourg, 22, 64, 66-68, 75 Miller, Howard, 218-19

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Million Dollar Baby Dolls, 107, Nashville Coordinating 203 Committee, 191 Mississippi Freedom Summer, 197 National Association for the Mitchell, Bobby, 235 Advancement of Colored Mitchell, Henry, 187, 199, 234 People (NAACP), 80, 83, 98, Monette, Lavergne, 249 135, 151, 154-55, 172, 179-81, Monogram Hunters, 224 235, 239, 243, 246 Montana, Alfred, 221-24, 232 National Association for the Montana, Allison “Tootie,” 22-26, Advancement of Colored 229-30, 232 People (NAACP) Youth Montana, Darryl, 221-22, 226-27, Council, 189 229, 232 National Endowment for the Arts, Montana, Edward, 222, 230 225 Montana, Gina, 229 National Foundation, 112 Montana, Joyce, 229 National Youth Administration, Montana, Sabrina, 227 36 Montegut, Joseph, 98 Negro History Week in New Moore, Kenneth, 248 Orleans, 250 Morial, Ernest N., 173, 175, 237, Nelson, Jack, 236 239, 244, 247-49 Nelson, Ricky, 166 Morial, Sybil Haydel, 241-42, 244 Neville, Aaron, 235 Morrison, deLesseps S. “Chep,” Neville, Art, 234 157, 163, 179, 181, 183, 189, New Marigny, 221 236, 242 New Orleans Black Republican, Morris, William, 83 129 Morton, Jelly Roll, 82 New Orleans Herald, 130-31 Moses, Gilbert, 247 New Orleans Museum of Art, 226, Moss, Arnold, 101 229 Mount Zion Baptist Church, 106 New Orleans Opera House Moving Finger, The, 141 Association, 249 Mullen, Frank, 246 New Orleans Police Department, Municipal Auditorium, 181, 233, 183, 246 235-37, 241-42, 245 New Orleans Public Library, 79 Murray, Hugh, Jr., 189, 234 New Orleans Public Service, Inc. music, 34 (NOPSI), 237 New Orleans Recreation Narcisse, Raymond, 73 Department (NORD), 233, Nash, Diane, 191, 194 238-39, 241-42, 244, 247

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New Orleans Saints football team, Orleans Parish School Board, 172, 247 179-80 New Orleans Tribune, 31 Orr, Walter, 235 Newton, Marita, 81 Ortique, Revius O., 173, 175, 240 New Zion Baptist Church, 196, Ory, Kid, 82 197 Owens, Hazel, 127, 134 Nicholls, Francis T., 170 Owens, Jesse, 135 Nicholls State College, 173 Owens, John, 247 Nichols, Thomas L., 27 Nickerson School of Music, 98 Paddio, Willard, 132 Nixon, Richard M., 249 Palmer, William, 247 Nixon, Sandra, 196, 241 Parks, Rosa, 95 Nketia, J. H. Kwabena, 45, 50-51 Patterson, John, 191 Noble, Jordan, 32, 82 Penn, Herman, 246 North , 205 People’s Defense League, 143, 147- 51, 153-54, 156-57, 162 Odd Fellows, 107 People’s Industrial Life Insurance Ogden, Bob, 165 Company, 36 Ogden, Dave Robert, Sr., 165 Perez, Leander, 181, 238 Oldendorp, Christian, 48 Perez, Manuel, 86 Old Regular political organization, Perez, Richard, 246 157 Perkins, Joe, 190 Oleander Park, 88 Perry, Harold, 245 Oliver, Joe, 107 Perry, Richard L., 156, 162 One-Hundred-One Mardi Gras Phillips, Emma, 177 Indian tribe, 222 Picard, Earl, 143 Onward Brass Band, 245, 250 Pichon, Walter “Fats,” 166, 247 Open Housing Act, 249 Picou, Alphonse, 235 Original Illinois Club, 207, 210, Pierre, Sidney, 232 212 Pinchback, P. B. S., 202 Original White Swans Social and Piron, A. J., 132 Pleasure Club, 206 Place Congo, 46 Orleans Ice Cream Works, 83 Plantation Revelers, 207 Orleans Parish Democratic Plessy, Homer, 31, 36, 40 Executive Committee, 248 Plessy v. Ferguson, 121, 169, 171- Orleans Parish Levee Board, 161 72, 177 Orleans Parish Medical Society, Pontchartrain Beach, 242 245 Pontchartrain Park, 163, 233

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Porter’s Tailoring Company, 83 Robinson, Katie, 83 Pouilly, Jacques de, 24 Robinson, Marvin, 188 Pounds, Ronnie, 249 Rochon, Rosette, 66 Powell, Adam Clayton, 154 Roosevelt, Eleanor, 135 Prejean, Carol, 247 Ross, J. S., 95 Presley, Elvis, 166 Roudanez, Louis Charles, 31 Prevost, Ann Marie, 238 Rouselle, William, 247, 250 Prevost, Eva, 215 Roussel, Louis J., 162-63 Prevost, Maurice and Eva, 213 Rousseve, Charles Barthelemy, 27, Prevost, Tessie, 177, 180, 184, 234 130 Price, Lloyd, 236 Roux, Vincent, 235 Professor Longhair, 164, 233 Rouzan, Wanda, 251 Pythian Temple, 83, 86-87, 96, 98, Royal Castle hamburger shop, 242 203, 208 Royal Dukes of Rhythm, 235-36 Roy, Carlton, 234 Quorum Coffee House, 242 Rummel, Joseph, 238

Ramsey, Merle, 145 Saenger Theater, 240 Ramsey, Zachary Taylor, 146-48 Saint Augustine , Randolph, Lionel, 246 20, 23-24, 27, 29, 38 raquette, 47, 54 Saint Augustine High School, Rarick, John, 242 183, 241, 244-47 Raymond, Roma J., 98 Saint Bernard Circle, 95 Rebennack, Mac (Dr. John), 164- Saint Gerard Majella Alternative 65 School, 66, 76 Rebirth Brass Band, 40 Saint James AME Choir, 86 Redmond, James F., 180 Saint James AME Church, 189 Reynolds, Isaac, 187, 196, 198-99 Saint Joseph’s Academy Catholic Rhinestones, 203, 212 High School, 240 Ricard, F. P., 83, 98 Saint Louis Cathedral, 24, 43, 49, Ricau, Jackson, 238 67-68 Richardson, Ernestine, 129, 132 Saint Louis #2, 64, 68- Richardson, Ingrid, 237, 244 69, 76, 78 Richardson, James, 249 Saint Louis School of Holy Robeson, Paul, 131 Redeemer Parish, 74 Robichaux Orchestra and Brass Saint Malo, Jean, 52-53 Band, 98 Saint Mary, Faubourg, 22 Robinson, Felton, 151 Saint Mary’s Academy, 38

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Saint Monica Hall, 203 Smith, Alfred O., 95 Saint Peter Claver, 206 Smith, David L., 248 Saint Pierre, Michel, 35 Smith, Henry W., 98 Sanders, Elizabeth, 151 Smith, Jerome, 189, 195-96, 205, San Jacinto Club, 233 234-36, 240 Sarah Goodridge (school), 86 Smith, Wiltzer, and Peebles, 241 Satyagraha, 187 Société des Jeunes Amis, 71, 96 scarification, 48 Sonny Boy, 230 Schiro, Victor, 236-37, 242, 245, Soule, George, 247 247, 250 Southern Christian Leadership Schultz, Christian, 45, 48 Conference (SCLC), 240 Schwerner, Michael, 197 Southern Organization for Unified Scott, John, 229, 244 Leadership (SOUL), 249 Second Mount Olive Baptist Southern University in New Church, 137 Orleans (SUNO), 86, 196, 239, Select Restaurant, 94 241, 243-44, 250-51 Self, Charles R., 238 Southern University of Louisiana, Semmes, Thomas J., 171 233 Senegal, 47 Southwestern Christian Advocate, Senegambia, 46 98 separate-but-equal laws, 171 Spears, Mack, 249-50 Separate Car Act, 170-71 Spellman, Benny, 233, 235 Seventh Ward Civic League and Spotts, M. J., 93 Seventh Ward Educational Spriggins, E. Belfield, 202, 213, League, 135-37 215 Seventh Ward Educational Spy Boy, 218, 221 League, 96 Staes, Eugene, 235 Shakespeare Park, 143-45, 147-48, Steinbeck, John, 181, 183 151, 153, 241 Stella Jones’ Gallery, 227 Sidney Desvignes’s Southern Stevens, George, 132 Syncopators, 214 Stevens, Myrtle Watts, 131-32 Simmons, Chester, 246 Stewart, Elvera, 141 Simmons, Nathaniel, 245 Story, William, 208 Simms, T. A., 95 Straight College, 136 Simon, Joe, 224 Straight University Law School, Sisters of the Holy Family, 24 169 Skeleton Men, 203 Studs Social and Pleasure Club, 189 slavery, 52 Suarez, Matt, 187, 199

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Sutton, Carolyn, 250 23, 27, 30-31, 33-36, 38-40, 48, Sylvanie Williams Community 67, 121 Center, 146 Trevigne, Paul, 171 Sylvester, Harold, 245, 247, 250 Trudeau, A. M., 237 Tubman, Harriet, 95 Tambourine and Fan, 205 Tulane Music Publishing Co., Tammany’s Social and Pleasure 98 Club, 107 Tulane University, 79, 234, 236, Tate, Leona, 177, 180, 184, 234 238-40, 247, 250 Taylor, Dorothy, 244 Tureaud, A. P., 137, 169, 17-73, Taylor, Joyce, 189, 234 175, 179, 235, 237, 245 Taylor, O. C. W., 206 Tureaud, A. P. (Avenue), 175 Taylor, Roosevelt, 236 Twine the Taylor, 95 Teamer, Ed, 234 The Negro in Medicine in Underground Railroad, 31 Louisiana, 172 United Clubs, Inc., 203, 234-36, Third Ward, 110 238 Thomas, Joel, 244 United Negro College Fund, 235, Thompson, Catherine, 236 249 Thompson, Daniel, 237, 239, United Office and Professional 243 Workers, 147 Thompson, Jean, 240 United Sons of Honor Hall, 106 Thompson, Jean Catherine, 194 United States Supreme Court, Thompson, Shirley, 236 169, 171-72, 177, 179-80, 235, Tillman, “Brother,” 219 240-41 Tillman, Raymond, 154 Unity Industrial Insurance Tinson, Selina Butler, 121-22, Company, 130 130, 132-34, 140 University of New Orleans, 79 Tio and Doublet Orchestra, 35 Urban League, 80, 235, 247 Tissoneau, Rose, 19 Toca, Albert, 95 Vagabonds Ball, 207 Toledano, Roulhac B., 19-20, 24 Valder, Robert, 240 Tommy Ridgely Band, 235 Valena C. Jones Elementary Toomer, Jean, 131 School, 134-37, 139-42, 234 Total Community Action, 245 Valena C. Jones Normal School, Touchard, Joseph, 94 141 Tremé, Claude, 20 Vance, J. Madison, 86 Treme, Faubourg, 17, 19-20, 22- Vautier, Father, 73

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Verret, Shirley, 238 Wildcats Mardi Gras Indian tribe, Victor Dubois’ Great Southern 222 Hotel and Restaurant, 83 Wild Magnolias, 217 Victor Talking Machine Wild Man, 218, 221 Company, 131 Wild Tchoupitoulas, 217 Vietnam War, 245-49, 251 William Frantz Elementary Vignes-Wilson, Cora, 93 School, 177, 181 Vikings, 206 Williams and Stevens Stock Violation of a Constitutional Company, 86, 95 Right, 36 Williams, Eric, 246 Vogue Sewing Club, 202 Williams, Ethel Mae, 251 Voodoo, 45, 48 Williams, Fannie C., 135-37, 139- Voter Crusader Corps, 240 42, 234 Voter Education and Registration Williams, John, 219 Project, 240, 243 Williams, Joseph “Sunny,” 250 Voting Rights Act, 198, 244-45 Willie Tee and the Souls, 250 Wilson, Jacquelyn, 243 Wagner, Ernest, 234 Wilson, Jarrold, 238 Wallace, George, 249 Wilson, Woodrow, 95 Walls, Robert, 248 Winfrey, Violet, 203 Walter L. Cohen High School, Wisdom, John Minor, 241 245 WMRY radio, 162 War on Poverty, 243 Woods, Allen T., 79-83, 86, 88, Warren, Freddie, 173 96, 98, 101 Washington, Booker T., 79, 146 Woods, Dennis, 80 Washington, James, 203 Woods, Eliza, 94 Washington, Louis, 237 Woods Famous Creole Kitchen, Watson, Jason, 78 130 Watts, Ina Claire, 207 Woods, Florence Johnson, 80 Watts, Myrtle, 129 Woodson, Carter G., 135 Weber, Adam, 246 Woolworth’s Five & Dime, 132, Welch, Virginia Cox, 241 189 Werlein, Phillip, 167 World War II, 147, 150, 154 White Citizen’s Council, 181, 237, Wright, Edna Marie, 154 242 Wright, Ernest Joseph, 143, 144- White Eagles, 217 54, 156-58, 162, 237 White, Oliver, 143 Wright, James, 209 White, Walter, 131 Wright, J. Skelly, 180, 238

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Wright, Walter, 163 Young Men Illinois, 203 Young Men’s Christian Xavier High School, 127 Association, 83 Xavier University of Louisiana, Young Men’s Illinois Club, 207, 132, 144-45, 183, 187-88, 198- 210 99, 203, 214, 234, 237, 239, Young Men’s Twenty Club, 203, 244, 249-50 206, 244 Xavier University Preparatory Young Tuxedo Brass Band, 239 High School, 242, 245 Young, Walter, 234 Young Women’s Christian Yellow Jackets, 217 Association, 206 Yellow Pocahontas, 217, 221-22, 224, 227, 229-30 Zippert, John, 247 Yorubans, 47 Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Young, Andrew, 136, 240 107, 203, 205, 208-9, 250 Young, Andrew, Sr., 234 Zwerg, James, 194 Young, Ethel, 179

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