Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Images

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

   View all

2. www.britannica.com › place › New-Orleans-LouisianaNew Orleans | History, Economy, Culture, & Facts | Britannica

   www.britannica.com › place › New-Orleans-Louisiana

   • Cached

   4 days ago · New Orleans, city, southeastern Louisiana, U.S. New Orleans is one of the most distinctive cultural centers in North America. It is the largest city in Louisiana, one of the country’s most important ports, a major tourist resort, and a medical, industrial, and educational center.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_Crow_lawsJim Crow laws - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_Crow_laws

   • Cached

   1 day ago · A group of concerned black, colored and white citizens in New Orleans formed an association dedicated to rescinding the law. The group persuaded Homer Plessy to test it; he was a man of color who was of fair complexion and one-eighth "Negro" in ancestry. In 1892, Plessy bought a first-class ticket from New Orleans on the East Louisiana Railway.

4. untappedcities.com › 2011/09/26 › walking-newWalking New Orleans – Ursulines Avenue - Untapped New York

   untappedcities.com › 2011/09/26 › walking-new

   • Cached

   5 days ago · Ursulines Avenue runs from Bayou St. John in Mid-City through Esplanade Ridge, the Treme and the French Quarter. It's slightly off the tourist trail and representative of New Orleans as a whole.

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

5. www.nps.gov › native-americans-in-louisianaAmerican Indians in Louisiana - Jean Lafitte National ...

   www.nps.gov › native-americans-in-louisiana

   • Cached

   5 days ago · When European colonization began in the 1700s, historians estimate that tens of thousands of native people lived in Louisiana, speaking 22 distinct languages. New diseases brought by outsiders, wars, government-forced displacement, and competition for land and food led to a major decline of indigenous populations in Louisiana.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Baton_Rouge,_LouisianaBaton Rouge, Louisiana - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana

   • Cached

   2 days ago · Baton Rouge ( / ˌbætən ˈruːʒ / ⓘ BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]; Spanish: Bastón Rojo) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it had a population of 227,470 as of 2020; [4] it is the seat of Louisiana's most populous parish (county ...

   • Country: United States
   • Area code: 225

   • Elevation: 46 ft (14 m)
   • State: Louisiana

7. neworleanshistorical.org › items › showThe Lower Ninth Ward: Community and Placemaking | New Orleans ...

   neworleanshistorical.org › items › show

   • Cached

   4 days ago · Images Aerial photograph of the Lower Ninth Ward near the 1950s-'60s Lamanche Street Locus at the former Temple of Innocent Blood. : Preceding the 1950s-1960s cache of artifacts, the area surrounding the Temple of the Innocent Blood was still considered a more isolated part of New Orleans.

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Louisiana_Creole_peopleLouisiana Creole people - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Louisiana_Creole_people

   • Cached

   1 day ago · The New Orleans Bee, a French and English newspaper. Louisiana Creole ( Kréyol La Lwizyàn) is a French Creole [79] language spoken by the Louisiana Creole people and sometimes Cajuns and Anglo-residents of the state of Louisiana. The language consists of elements of French, Spanish, African and Native American roots.