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Joseph A. Shakspeare, Mayor of New Orleans at the time of the March 14, 1891 lynchings; Eric Skrmetta, attorney from Metairie, Louisiana; Republican member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission for District 1; Jefferson B. Snyder, lived in New Orleans 1893–1897; later district attorney in three delta parishes in northeast Louisiana 1904 ...
Pages in category "Writers from New Orleans" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 252 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) writer, sociologist, and activist, who was a founding member of the NAACP [6] His most notable work is The Souls of Black Folk. [7] Tananarive Due (born 1966) writer specializing in Black speculative fiction, and professor of Black Horror and Afrofuturism [8] Henry Dumas (1934–1968) Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 ...
This list of famous African American women to know in 2024 includes singers, actors, athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians and more inspiring modern Black women.
Every Black actor and actress, director and comedian stands on the shoulders of those who paved the way for future generations. In honor of Black History Month, ET is celebrating some of the ...
Here are some of the most famous female Black celebrities over 70. Their accomplishments span several industries. While some helped put Motown on the map, others had breakthrough roles we still ...
Roy F. Guste – author of ten Louisiana French-Creole cuisine cookbooks; fifth-generation proprietor of New Orleans' famed Antoine's Restaurant, established in 1840; Thomy Lafon (1810–1893) – businessman, philanthropist, and human rights activist; Austin Leslie (1934–2005) – internationally famous New Orleans chef whose work defined ...
Andy Pettitte (born 1972), starting pitcher for the New York Yankees; Tony Robichaux (1961-2019), former head baseball coach at McNeese State and Louisiana-Lafayette; Randy Romero (1957-2019), Hall of Fame horse jockey; Ryan Theriot (born 1979), infielder for the Chicago Cubs, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana [32]