The discovery that the first U.S.-born pope has black and Creole roots is a finding that illustrates the nation’s rich, ...

There's an ongoing attempt to erase knowledge of these atrocities and pretend as if they were just figments of Black folks’ ...

After more than 150 years in Germany, the remains of 19 Black people, taken for racist scientific research, have been ...

The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a ...

We are all of that, but we are tired of hearing it. Black New Orleans withstood the battle. But we are still undergoing the war. Photographed by Edward Buckles Jr. Styled by Megan Coates New ...

Jo Banner, a co-founder of The Descendants Project, a nonprofit organization that focuses on eradicating the legacies of ...

The French claimed and named New Orleans in 1718. Later, it was controlled by Spain, returned to French rule, and, finally, sold to Thomas Jefferson as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Some hearty ...

Louisiana State Police located and apprehended Myles in the French Quarter, a busy tourist area in New Orleans, Sheriff Susan Hutson said during a 3:30 p.m. press conference. Authorities found the ...

A marriage certificate from the Louisiana State Archives shows Leo's maternal grandparents — Joseph N. Martinez and Louise Baquie — married in New Orleans on Sept. 17, 1887. Historians say the ...

“Prevost, that sounds very much like a Louisiana name,” said Jari Honora, who works at the Historic New Orleans Collection. Intrigued, Honora began combing through public databases and soon ...

VENICE, La. – Three people were struck by lightning in Louisiana on Friday, while parts of New Orleans were flooded. Patrick Harvey, director of the Plaquemines Parish Office of Homeland ...