Baquie though was born here. The 1900 U.S. Census shows Joseph and Louise living in New Orleans’ 7th Ward with two children. Both were recorded as Black in the 1900 census. However, a 1910 ...

"Martinez's older brothers and sisters were all born in New Orleans, in the 7th Ward," Honora said. "They moved to Chicago between 1910 and 1912, and like so many Louisiana families, they shifted ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ... drawing of political districts after redrawing voting boundaries following the census. In January 2024, the state legislature approved a new map that included two ...

"It's a city that enjoys life," said Robert Florence, who, like many others taken by New Orleans, first went there to be playwright and author. He added: "It's a city that lives for the moment.

Then we find out his family is from here, and from the 1900 block of Prieur Street in the 7th Ward,” Morial said. “That’s Black New Orleans.” For Kenitha Grooms-Williams, executive ...

Although he was born and raised in Chicago, research shows Leo XIV’s ancestry can be traced ... were from Louisiana, from New Orleans, in and around the 7th Ward. And when we say Creole of ...

Robert Francis Prevost, now Leo XIV, was named the first American pope of the Catholic Church on Thursday — and his lineage traces back to New Orleans, according to Jari Honora, a local ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ... drawing of political districts after redrawing voting boundaries following the census. In January 2024, the state legislature approved a new map that included two ...