Farragut, a Union naval fleet captures New Orleans. Union forces control the city until the end of the Civil War. June 7: Homer Plessy, who is categorized as seven-eighths Caucasian and one-eighth ...

I GOT MY DOCTORATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, AND HE HOPES THAT KANSAS CITIZENS MAKING THEIR WAY TO NEW ORLEANS WILL STOP HERE TO GET AN EVEN BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR ...

A New Orleans banker named Edmund McIlhenny tried his hand at a new business following the Civil War. Planting Central American pepper seeds on Avery Island, Louisiana, McIlhenny developed a spicy ...

"We strongly denounce this crime, we stand in solidarity with the people of New Orleans, we encourage anyone with relevant information to come forward immediately, and we pray for a full recovery ...