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A NOLA Chic Experience with the New Orleans Black Masking Indians-Mardi Gras Indians
Most of you have to wait until Mardi Gras Day, Super Sunday, Saint Joseph’s Day and Night, Secondline parades and the New Orleans Jazz Festival to experience the beautiful sights and sounds of the New Orleans Black Masking Indians. But year-round, if you are fortunate as those of us who live in New Orleans and are surrounded by native New Orleanians who ensure our treasured culture and tradition survive. With the recent cancellation of Super Sunday and the Secondline, I thought it was a great time to share my experience of growing up in New Orleans witnessed the creation, birth, and celebration of the New Orleans Black Masking Indians. Year…
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Café Rose Nicaud contributed to the community, character, charm, and culture of Frenchmen Street in New Orleans has closed
Café Rose Nicaud has closed its doors on December 16, 2019, after decades of contributing to the character, charm, and culture on Frenchmen Street, as well as being a vessel to bring the community together. Cafe Rose Nicaud was dedicated to the memory of Rose Nicaud and her pioneering success as a leading entrepreneur whose resourceful spirit and extraordinary efforts continue to inspire us today.
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Smothered with Love at Hurst Restaurant – Garden & Gun
Slippin… “I gots to get up. Get me back on my feet so I can tell y’all bout this girl named Nola.”
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Artist Dread Scott Organizes Reenactment Of 1811 Louisiana Slave Revolt : NPR
Artist Dread Scott organized the 26-mile trek to New Orleans as a tribute to the men and women who protested their enslavement in the German Coast Uprising of 1811 by re-imagining a different outcome. On to New Orleans!” they chanted, thrusting their weapons high. “Freedom or death!” One of the participants in the reenactment, which was directed by New York performance artist Dread Scott and filmed for a documentary.(Marianna Massey / Getty Images) — Read on www.npr.org/2019/11/09/777810796/hundreds-march-in-reenactment-of-a-historic-but-long-forgotten-slave-rebellion
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Slave Rebellion Reenactment – November 8-9 2019
On November 8-9, 2019, hundreds of re-enactors will retrace the path of the largest rebellion of enslaved people in United States history, embodying a story of resistance, freedom and revolutionary action. — Read on www.slave-revolt.com/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 7, 2019 Large-Scale Performance to Reenact Biggest Rebellion of Enslaved People in U.S. History Visionary Artist Dread Scott Leads Hundreds of Reenactors Participating In 2-Day, 26-Mile Performance in Louisiana’s River Parishes, Reviving a Story of Resistance, Freedom and Revolutionary Action NEW ORLEANS — On Friday and Saturday November 8th-9th in Louisiana, American artist Dread Scott will examine a significant milestone in our nation’s past with his latest collaborative project, Slave Rebellion Reenactment (SRR), which will reimagine the largest rebellion of enslaved people in…
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ALL SAINTS DAY,” The New Orleans Tribune November 1, 1865
“ALL SAINTS DAY,” The New Orleans Tribune, America’s first Black daily, 154 years ago. “The ancients, who seem to have been more familiar than ourselves with the idea of death, and perhaps more constantly ready to meet the monster and look it in the face…” Read the full article below. “This day is devoted, among many families, to honor the memory of departed friends. The old custom will be observed this year as it has been years before. Either as the expression of a religious sentiment, or even as a social sentiment, it has a high character of morality. The ancients, who seem to have been more familiar than ourselves…
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My Bittersweet Gifts: New Orleans Vintage Gambina Dolls, Ninkie and Jody circa 1700s
The dolls reminded me of the painful memories and difficulties growing up in New Orleans with what I was told was the wrong color skin and bad short hair, the only difference was that “Ninkie” was cute and only because she was made in the 80. A lot of my feelings were rooted not in hatred for myself but for the absence of dolls that looked like me.
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#ThrowbackThursday – New Orleans 1990: Mardi Gras Indians photos by Infrogmation
My ”Throwback Thursday” pictures were taken by New Orleanian known as “Infrogmation or Froggy.” other than being one of New Orleans most remarkable photographers, but one can see his life’s adventures in his personal photographs. “Infrogmation is one of #nola’s most unheralded great photographers.” — Kevin Allman, editor “Gambit” New Orleans weekly.[1] *blush* Feel free to read the rest of the article on The Advocate here: https://www.theadvocate.com/gambit/new_orleans/news/blake_pontchartrain/article_81497ed3-dd55-50ef-b7ac-c2dcecd8917e.html New Orleans 1990: Mardi Gras Indians celebration at Congo Square by Municipal Auditorium, Armstrong Park. Source Photos: by Infrogmation Author Infrogmation of New Orleans
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Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery Northern Lights Gala 2019
Your support is important to sustaining the Museum. Come join us at this festive celebration! See you there! For tickets Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ Also, www.maahmg.org.
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How is slavery taught in America? Teaching America’s truth By Joe Heim-The Washington Post)
For generations, children have been spared the whole, terrible reality about slavery’s place in U.S. history, but some schools are beginning to strip away the deception and evasions. “I don’t remember ever going into any depth about slavery other than that there was slavery. The textbooks were pretty whitewashed. We never talked about the conditions of slavery or why it persisted.” Philip Jackson “Think about this. For 246 years, slavery was legal in America. It wasn’t made illegal until 154 years ago,” the 26-year-old teacher told the 23 students sitting before him at Fort Dodge Middle School. “So, what does that mean? It means slavery has been a part of…
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My Nola Life-What I know and may not know about Juneteenth
I wonder why isn't Juneteenth celebrated on a larger scale in New Orleans, primarily when the city is known to celebrate some of the strangest things. We have festivals for food, a voodoo fest, a Greek Fest, a whiskey fest, and the list of fest goes on. Is it the sensitivity of the issue at hand that has some cringing at the even written word "J.U.N.E.T.E.E.N.T.H? Is it not celebrated as it should, because some think it's "just for black” as if white people didn't assist in this life-changing day? Is it hard for some to accept that Slavery did happen and by way of their lineage? Can we stop…
