New Orleans

As in Memphis, New Orleans was a city seeing an influx of African Americans in society and government. A convention took place on July 30th, its essential function was to enfranchise African Americans and bolster their hopes of gaining political influence in New Orleans. A parade in route to the convention was harassed and when the blacks ran for cover within the convention building police surrounded…

On Tuesday night the viewers of “NCIS:New Orleans” were on the edge of their seats as the investigative unit reviewed what appeared to be an accidental death on the race track. Anything but accidental and a story full of plots and twists, the clues of this case revealed a big surprise at the end. Opening up with the fatal accident of a Navy driver at a local New Orleans race track, the team looks at the possibilities of it being an accident. WHile the witnesses aren’t talking, the victim…

Stepping out of the bar, Liv scanned Bourbon Street and sighed heavily. The famous New Orleans tourist attraction had become party grounds for the various drunks who now walked back and forth. She hated this place at night, it was like these people couldn't handle their alcohol and so they regurgitated back up to the streets of New Orleans. After which they'd continue to guzzle more of the beverage and further annoy everyone with their stupid antics. Why couldn't people just come to this city…

Have community, will travel Students travel to Spain, New Orleans NCU Chorale tours Spain The addition of an extra winter break provided a unique travel window for the North Central University Chorale to take their bi-annual international tour, Jan. 26–Feb. 5. Visiting Madrid, Valencia, and Barcelona in Spain, the Chorale partnered with local churches and schools, performing concerts and doing outreach events. The result was music shared and lives changed. Senior Jessica (Hutchens) Ballew…

Newsela Article, The Battle of New Orleans, the main idea of the article would be that it, explains what the Battle of New Orleans was, and also provides extra events that occured outside of The Battle of New Orleans. In history class we have just recently learned about The Battle of New Orleans. I know The Battle of New Orleans was a war in 1812, which lasted till 1815, that was fought bewtween the U.S and Britain. The newsela article suggests that, " The Battle of New Orleans was fought…

If the city of New Orleans removed one of their statues of the Confederacy, they would have to remove their founder statue, Andrew Jackson (Chiaramonte). Jackson is well-known for saving New Orleans in the War of 1812, but also owned slaves and signed the Indian Removal Act (Chiaramonete). Governor Bobby Jindal is one of the supporters in favor of not removing…

help of many emergency crew and organizations, New Orleans was able to slowly rebuild. The remarkably astonishing formation of hurricanes are tracked by extraordinary brilliant minded people. To begin, hurricanes are exceptionally complex topical storms that need certain and unique conditions to be formed. According to an article written…

Wandering around New Orleans during a hot and bustling summer day was a distinctive experience. The midsummer trip was to celebrate my recent convocation from high school and it was rightly a sterling decision to spend it out of state. Hearing the thunderous music coming from the joints, as well as seeing people & street performers dancing on the avenues of French Quarter made me feel overjoyed about visiting the city. The potentialities of the city are endless! There is so much to see and…

New Orleans had been founded in 1718 where slaves were the first people to believe and introduce the religion of Voodoo. Many colonists fled to New Orleans and from there new arrivals of Voodoo began to develop. Slaves were the first people to believe in Voodoo because soon after New Orleans was founded there were slave camps near New Orleans that were established in swamps, where they were beaten and hurt until their death. Slaves who were strong enough to get through the beating and hurt were…

1. Based upon your reading of Remini, The Battle of New Orleans, explain the factors that allowed the Americans to defeat the British in the battle. The War of 1812 was first started because the British decided to block American shipping. This insulted the Americans pride, especially the Navy. It was a war that should have been avoided because the Council had repealed the orders two days before. The British burned American seaports and ravaged the half constructed capital of Washington. Our…