Despite scrupulous efforts by white authorities to police the boundaries of color, some people of Creole background in New Orleans had access to opportunities that were meant to be reserved ...

But as White Louisianans assimilated to American ... of an in-between middle place in society,” Honora said of the Creole people. “But with the onset of Jim Crow, every aspect of their lives ...

Gens de Couleur Libres (free people of color/Creoles of color) and the white planter class, according to Lee. The classifications within the Creole community were based on legal status and racial ...

Explore the fascinating connection between the new Pope Leo XIV, his Creole heritage, and the racial struggle in the US.

Creoles, also known as “Creole people of color,” have a history almost ... that’s because many Creoles have been able to “pass” as white over the years. It was only with the advent ...

The pope’s Creole roots draw attention ... is identified as “white” on her 1912 birth certificate, Honora said. “You can understand, people may have intentionally sought to obfuscate ...

First as the first U.S.-born pope — and second as the first pontiff with recent ancestors who were Creole people of color ... heritage to be perceived as white. “In those dark days of Jim ...

The brother of newly elected U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, John Prevost, confirmed to the New York Times family records unearthed by a genealogist, which found the Prevost family descends from Creole ...

especially if they were white-passing. “It’s a complicated history,” she said. Creoles, also known as “Creole people of color,” have a history almost as old as Louisiana, the Times ...

The revelation that Leo XIV has roots among New Orleans Creoles has stirred curiosity and joy about the first pope from the United States. By Campbell Robertson Follow live updates on Pope Leo XIV.