Zulu Social Club Wear Controversial Blackface Makeup for Mardi Gras Because Black Men Once Weren't Allowed to Wear Masks "If we were allowed to wear masks like the White folks, we probably would ...

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In the early 1900s, the Black social group Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club began marching in Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans. However, due to the rampant racism of the time, the krewe was ...

All forms of New Orleans expression were part of the mix, he said, from papier mâché Mardi Gras masks, to yard art sculpture, to second-line parades and blues, jazz and rap music.

The Junior Board of Rock Island held its 86th annual Mardi Gras Ball fundraiser on Saturday, March 1, at the Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf.

Last October, he said he would direct Louisville Metro Police to enforce the regulation after suspects wearing masks were involved in a fatal shooting in Pleasure Ridge Park High School's parking lot ...

The five-part program Saturday clothed those traditions in richly detailed costumes and masks, with forceful accompaniments supplied by drum, flute and cymbals, as well as expressive vocalism.