Laura Plantation in Vacherie, near New Orleans, is a bit unique because four generations of Creole women managed the ...

Portraits of women in tignons and muslin gowns are examples of early Creole fashions in New Orleans and Louisiana. Clothing was adapted to the climate and to sometimes strict rules around social ...

Rebecca D. Henry, founder and director of the Creole Heritage Folklife Center in Opelousas, is a remarkable woman who is dedicated to preserving and sharing Creole heritage through guided tours, co… ...

“To celebrate Creole culture is to wake up and live in New Orleans,” said Christina Bragg, a member of the Mahogany Blue Babydolls, a parading group for Black and mixed-race women.

Black women’s hair has always been a civil rights issue. Anti-Black hair sentiment in the US reaches back to the 18th century when, for example, free Creole women of color in New Orleans wore ...

If you love Creole and Cajun food, make sure to check out the best Black women-owned restaurants in New Orleans including Dooky Chase and Willie Mae's Scotch House when you visit.

Creole Story Pot started in 2017, ... The book is a love letter to all of the powerful creole women that inspired her flavor growing up. “My father’s family were all Catholic.

How black creole women in Mauritius constitute a sense-of-self: a Q&A with Joe-Ann Chavry Joe-Ann Chavry is a PhD candidate in the Media and Communications Department . I am a cross-sectional ...

A group of New Orleans women hope to revive a nearly lost aspect from the earliest days of the Baby Dolls tradition: singing in Louisiana Creole as they parade on Mardi Gras Day.

Among the earliest accounts of Creole priests in Louisiana, the story of the Rev. John Joseph Plantevigne — a Creole from Pointe-Coupée, Louisiana, and a graduate of Straight University who was ...