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The Peter Claver Building, previously the French Hospital, was a historic building in New Orleans, Louisiana. It occupied the square bounded by Orleans, Derbigny, Ann Street, and Roman Streets, just back from Claiborne Avenue.
500 St. Ann St. and 500 St. Peter St. 29°57′27″N 90°03′46″W / 29.9575°N 90.062778°W / 29.9575; -90.062778 ( Pontalba Buildings c. 1850 matching townhouse buildings with first-floor retail shops; on either side of Jackson Square , constructed by New Orleans native Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba
The Peter Claver Building, a historic building in New Orleans, Louisiana served as national headquarters of the organization during 1951 to 1974, when a new, adjacent building was constructed. [8] The KPC headquarters also served as the office space for the attorney A. P. Tureaud, Sr. during his crusade against legalized segregation.
Peter Claver SJ (Spanish: Pedro Claver y Corberó; 26 June 1580 – 8 September 1654) was a Spanish Jesuit priest and missionary born in Verdú, Spain, who, due to his life and work, became the patron saint of slaves, Colombia, and ministry to African Americans.
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. LaToya Cantrell: 1997 The first African-American female mayor of New Orleans. [47] Jared Brossett: 2004 Member of the New Orleans City Council; member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 97 in Orleans Parish, 2009 to 2014. Candice ...
Peter Claver [12] Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena [12] Costa Rica: The Virgin Mary (as Virgen de los Ángeles, also known as La Negrita) [38] Croatia: Joseph (by the decision of the Croatian Parliament from 1687 he is the official patron saint of Croatia) Jerome Cyril and Methodius Cuba: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Charity [12]) Cyprus ...
The St. Peter A.M.E. Church, or St. Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church, in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a historic church which was founded about 1850. It is one of the oldest black congregations in the New Orleans area.
St. Augustine Church is a Catholic parish in New Orleans. Established by free people of color, who also bought pews for slaves, it is said to be the oldest Black Catholic parish in the United States, established in 1841. It was one of the first 26 sites designated on the state's Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.