How to make the most of a weekend in New Orleans

Wakanda News Details

How to make the most of a weekend in New Orleans

While America boasts big, attractive metropolises like New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami, when looking to get away, the

The post How to make the most of a weekend in New Orleans appeared first on TheGrio.

Source: theGrio

You may also like

Charles Wesley, historian, educator, and administrator, was born on this day. His published works included, Neglected History, Collapse of the Confederacy, Negro Labor in the United States, and 1850-1925: A Study of American Economic History.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

2

1895

First Black Mayor of New Orleans

Ernest Nathan Morial was elected the first black mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

12

1977

Ground is broken for the Harold Washington wing of the DuSable Museum in Chicago

Ground is broken for the Harold Washington wing of the DuSable Museum in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by artist and poet Margaret T. Burroughs in 1961, the DuSable is one of the oldest African American museums in the U.S.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Sep

17

1991

Grover Cleveland Wins Election

Grover Cleveland won election and became the first Democratic president of the United States since the Civil War.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

4

1884

North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance

North Carolina Mutual and Provident Insurance Company founded by John Merrick and associates in Durham, North Carolina as the first African American owned insurance company.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Oct

20

1898

New York Manumission Society opens a school forblacks in New York City, the Af

New York Manumission Society opens a school for blacks in New York City, the African Free School (schools are eventually transferred to city authorities).

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

0

1787

Charles Edward Anderson

In 1960, Charles Edward Anderson earned a Ph.D. in Meteorology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts. Charles Edward Anderson the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in Meteorology; died today.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Oct

21

1994

Clifton Wharton is sworn in as ambassador to Norway. Clifton Wharton was the 1st Black person to earn a PhD in economics from University of Chicago in as well as the first Black president of Michigan State, predominantly White university.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

9

1961

Lawrence Douglas Wilder assumes title as governor

In Richmond, Virginia former Lt. Governor Lawrence Douglas Wilder took office as the first popularly elected African American governor of an American state.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

14

1990

Abolitionist Society Organized

First abolitionist society in United States organized in Philadelphia.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Apr

14

1775

Suit accusing New York City Board of Education of

Suit accusing New York City Board of Education of using racial quotas filed in U.S. District Court on behalf of Black and Puerto Rican children.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

16

1962

P.B.S. Pinchback

P.B.S. Pinchback relinquished the office of governor, saying at the inauguration of the new Louisiana governor: I now have the honor to formally surrender the office of governor, with the hope that you will administer the government in the interests of all the people [and that] your administration

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

13

1873

Army Brig. Gen. Sherian Grace CAdoria born.

Birthday of Army Brig. Gen. Sherian Grace Cadoria, in Marksville, Louisiana. A graduate of Southern University, Gen. Cadoria was the highest ranking African American woman officer in the US Armed Forces at the end of 1990.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

26

1940

Pianist Ferdinand Morton born

Birthday of pianist Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton in New Orleans, Louisiana.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Sep

20

1885

A New Governor Of Louisiana

P. B. S. Pinchback was sworn in as governor of Louisiana after H. C. Warmoth was impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

9

1872

Defense Department limited electronic surveilance

Defense Department limited electronic surveilance after disclosure of civil disturbance information collection plan which directed the gathering of information on civil rights groups.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

1

1971

France enters the Atlantic slave trade

France enters the Atlantic slave trade.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

0

1624

Famous Black Astrologer not Psychic!

James Black was one of the first famous Black Astrologer in the early 70s! He lived in Chicago on the southside. He was born around 1910-1911! He read for clients like Earth Wind & Fire, Aura Ajayi, a famous psychic and countless more all over the world!He was once featured in Ebony Magazine!

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Sep

8

1911

Methodist Episcopal Church conference, meeting in

Methodist Episcopal Church conference, meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, elected two Black bishops Matthew W. Clair of Washington, D.C., and Robert E. Jones of New Orleans.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

May

23

1920

U.S. Rep. Floyd Flake born

U.S. Rep. Floyd Flake, D-New York, was born in Los Angeles, California. A businessman and minister, Flake established the Allen Christian School and Allen Home Care Agency.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

30

1945

Spingarn Medal : Medar Evers

Medgar Wiley Evers awarded Spingarn Medal posthumously for his civil rights leadership.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

12

1963

Jonathan A. Rodgers becomes president of CBS's television stations division, the

Jonathan A. Rodgers becomes president of CBSs television stations division, the highest ranking African American in network television. Rodgers had been general manager of WBBM-TV, CBSs Chicago Station

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Sep

3

1990

William A. Harper

William A. Harper, student of Henry O. Tanner at the Art Institute of Chicago, one of the most gifted African American artist of the early 20th century, born

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

27

1873

Richard Theodore Greener

Richard Theodore Greener becomes the first African American to graduate from Harvard University

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

30

1844

Democrats suppressed Black vote

Democrats suppressed Black vote by fraud and violence and carried Mississippi election. The Mississippi Plan staged riots, political assassinations, massacres and social and economic intimidation was used later to overthrow Reconstruction governments in South Carolina and Louisiana.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Nov

2

1875

Charles L. Reason named professor of belles-lettres and French at Central College, McGrawville, New York. William G. Allen and George B. Vashon also taught at the predominantly white college.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Oct

16

1849

The First Black Psychic!

Shirley Ajayi was the first African American given a part on a television show as a psychic! The show lasted for about one year[actually six months] in Chicago, Illinois since the show was seasonal! Shirley started her career the minute her predictions came true! She was renamed Aura and hired to

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Sep

28

1986

Baseball Great Jackie Robinson born

In Cairo, Georgia on this date baseball great Jackie Robinson was born. The fifth African American to play major league baseball with a white team, Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, ending five decades of segregated baseball. At the time of his retirement in October 1972, Robinson is

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Jan

31

1919

Riot, Mobile, Ala., after a Black mass meeting

Riot, Mobile, Ala., after a Black mass meeting. One Black and one white were killed. Knights of White Camelia, a paramilitary white supremacist organization, founded in Louisiana.

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

May

14

1867

Walter F.White, NAACP Pres.

Walter F. White named NAACP executive secretary. The NAACP has had many leaders since its beginning in 1910, but none was more determined and devoted than Walter F. White. This fair-skinned, blue-eyed man who wouldnt pass worked a lifetime to defeat the nations barriers to integration

fave

Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

9

1931

More from theGrio

Jemele Hill apologizes after backlash over transphobic tweet

Richard Spencer unable to secure legal defense in Charlottesville lawsuit

Walmart to stop sales of 'All Lives Matter' merchandise

'Princess Bride' remake with Tiffany Haddish and Common drops on streamer

NBA star Ja Morant apologizes for anti-police tweet

Tamir Rice's mother calls out artists using her son's image without permission

Black trans teen Brayla Stone murdered in apparent hit

Texas woman calls her Black boss the N-word after getting fired

Hampton Inn employee fired after calling police on Black family at pool

The role insurance companies play in the brutality against Black bodies

CDC chief warns that US has ‘way too much virus’ to control

'P-Valley' showrunner Katori Hall dishes on season 1

Washington Post editor says white women are 'lucky' they are just being called Karen

Terry Crews warns #BlackLivesMatter could morph into ‘Black Lives Better’

McGrath wins Kentucky Dem primary; McConnell showdown awaits

Four San Jose officers placed on leave after alleged racist and anti-Muslim posts

Jadakiss becomes trending topic following Fabolous 'Verzuz' battle

Sterling K. Brown on voicing Black characters and speaking out: ‘All art is political’

Ian Desmond calls out MLB for racism as he opts out of 2020 season

NYC protesters perform violin vigil for Elijah McClain

Obama called back into politics due to the Trump campaign

White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019, AP sources say

Trump too busy golfing to quickly delete 'white power' retweet: report

Paris Jackson says King of Pop caught on 'pretty quickly' to her sexuality

2 Florida officials fired for erasing Black faces from firefighter murals

Apple acquires Will Smith's 'Emancipation' in largest film festival deal ever

Delaware moves whipping post from public square that was used until the '50s

Actor Nathan Davis Jr. sues United Airlines for $10M for racial profiling

Michael B. Jordan creates summer drive-in movie series

Montclair ‘Permit Karen’ calls police on Black neighbor for assault

Trump angrily responds to Black Lives Matter mural to be painted in front of Trump Tower

Brandy's alleged stalker arrested, singer gets restraining order

'Riverdale' actress apologizes for demanding justice for Breonna Taylor using topless photo

The FBI, Justice Department were already investigating Elijah McClain's death

Terry Crews responds to backlash over Black Lives Matter tweet

Jay-Z’s Made In America Festival canceled due to coronavirus

Black women need to be free

Kanye West congratulates wife Kim Kardashian for becoming a billionaire

Hair weaves made from Chinese prison camp detainees seized

The beat of a culture: how HBCU bands relate to Black music legacy

Louis Vuitton's Virgil Abloh accused of stealing design for Pop Smoke cover

Black Lives Matter groups plan national convention

Senate votes to extend small business relief program

Detroit woman who worked on 'Slave Narratives' dies at 106

White Florida man charged after pointing gun at Black homeowner

LA city council approves plan to replace cops with unarmed responders

Jada Pinkett Smith denies August Alsina’s claim of an affair with Will's ‘blessing’

Former Atlanta officer who shot Rayshard Brooks released on bond

Can Biden and Harris take a punch? History says no and Trump can't wait : TheGrio

Tyler Perry to pay for the funeral of Atlanta girl, 8, killed in shooting - TheGrio

Science Facts

Literature Facts

Cuisine Facts

Blackfacts BETA RELEASE 11.5.3
(Production Environment)