Now, with federal recognition and for many, the day off, opportunities to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday have become more ...

Dillard University hosts a jazz funeral for 19 Black Americans whose remains were desecrated for racist pseudoscience.

Groves is the grandson of Kim Groves, whose 1994 murder by a New Orleans police officer drew national attention, CBS affiliate WWL-TV reported. In the Instagram post, the person claiming to be ...

There’s nowhere else in the world like New Orleans with its incredible mélange of residents, both past and present, storied musical heritage, celebrated cuisine, and flair for the unconventional.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man who identified himself as a New Orleans jail escapee released videos on social media while still on the run, leading to a police raid that failed to recapture him ...

More than 150 years after their deaths, the remains of 19 Black people were finally laid to rest in New Orleans — the city they once called home — with the dignity they were long denied. On May 31, ...

Schmidt, a New Orleans doctor ... Roughly 200 community members filled the sanctuary of Dillard’s Lawless Memorial Chapel to pay their respects to these ancestors who were so horribly ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Law enforcement officials are investigating videos posted to social media that appear to show escaped New Orleans inmate Antoine Massey. In the videos posted to Instagram ...

Skulls of 19 Black Americans have returned to New Orleans after more than ... leading the attendees out of the chapel. Handlers in white gloves carried memorial vessels containing the skulls ...

This week, the chapel announced on its website that it has found “an ideal new location” next to Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall on the old Battery Barnes military site. The chapel said it still ...