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Flooded Captain Bill's Seafood Market following Hurricane Katrina;
In New Orleans devastated Ninth Ward community, a neighborhood staple, Captain Bill's Seafood Market on North Claiborne Avenue and Tupelo Street was known for its spicy hot boiled…

Charles E. Ryan (1910-1997), a 38 year old "small town lawyer," wrote this account of his 1948 trip from Crawford County, Galion, Ohio, to New York City for a lecture course at the Practicing Law Institute. Largely narrative, the account also…

Charles E. Ryan (1910-1997), a 38 year old "small town lawyer," wrote this account of his 1948 trip from Crawford County, Galion, Ohio, to New York City for a lecture course at the Practicing Law Institute. Largely narrative, the account also…

Chief Al Morris following Hurricane Katrina;
Chief of the Northside Skulls, a bone gang that marches on Mardi Gras day in elaborate handmade skeleton costumes, asked that we invite the "entire city" to meet him on Fat Tuesday morning outside the old…

The Maroon Vol. 84 No. 9

A pamphlet produced by the Commission on Human Rights of the Catholic Committee of the South. Q&A about the Commission itself as well as Catholicism and the treatment of African Americans.

Janet Mary Riley campaigned for change in the Community Property Law of Louisiana, speaking to women’s groups, presenting at conferences, and literally wrote the casebook on the subject.