Once opened, Xavier's medical school will be the fifth at an historically black college or university nationwide.

A federal judge ruled that HUD did not consider relevant demographic data when it approved the closure of the Acre Road ...

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival’s Gospel Tent was full as Irma Thomas took the stage for her 50th Anniversary performance on Saturday, April 27. The New Orleans legend was greeted by ...

Designed by Joseph M. Bartholomew, the 18-hole Pontchartrain Golf Course opened in 1956 as the only public course for Black golfers.

City Park conservancy announces that it’s extending its public engagement process, postpones its next feedback session.

Shawan Rice and her band opened the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival’s Congo Square stage to an intimate crowd on ...

Irma Thomas remembers stillness falling over the Fair Grounds on May 7, 2006 as people turned to listen to her rehearse ...

In 1965, racism and segregation drove pro football out of New Orleans. The next year, it returned in the form of the New ...

The meeting was possible after new appointees were sworn in Tuesday, allowing the gears of agency governance to begin moving ...

The Fred Hampton Free Store, which offers goods at no charge as part of the GNO Caring Collective's mutual aid mission, ...

A 1939 graduate of Xavier University’s School of Pharmacy, LaBranche Jr. earned a MBA from Atlanta University in 1941. According to a Times-Picayune obituary, he earned a Bronze Star while stationed ...