In February of this year, The Lens Nola published an article entitled After George Floyds murder, the New Orleans City Council created a committee to hear from historically marginalized communities. It never met. The committee was formed, in part, as a response to the request by local social justice advocates to examine how the citys resources […]
In the early 1960s, the North Claiborne Avenue that ran through Treme was lined with 300-year-old oak trees. On either side of the avenue were bustling shops, storefronts, and other businesses. The original Circle Food Store, Ernie K. Doe’s Mother-in-law Lounge, and Charbonnet Funeral Home were among dozens of black-owned businesses on this section of […]
Nate Parker returns to directing with this suspenseful film about one of the most polarizing topics in the contemporary United States, the extrajudicial killing of black people by law enforcement. The film takes the viewer on an emotional journey but fails to deliver a cathartic release that would have made it a monumental work of […]
African American movements for equality have long been entrenched in the Black church. The Black church has produced some of Black Americas most prolific and profound leaders such as Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Rev. Martin Luther King, Rev Jesse Jackson and Rev. Ralph Abernathy. In fact, the leading civil rights organization of the 1960s, the […]
Reparation New Orleans is calling for Africans Americans to march for reparations on Juneteenth (June 19, 2020) at 9:00 a.m. starting at Nora Navra Library Juneteenth has grown to be a traditional African American holiday that is steadily becoming on par with Kwanza. The holiday commemorates the arrival of federal troops in Galveston, Texas. Why […]
On August 28th 1963, Martin Luther King stepped onto a podium in front of 250,000 people and begin to speak. The speech he delivered would eventually go down in history as one of the greatest examples of American rhetoric that has ever been composed. Nearly midway through his speech, King was prompted by Mahalia […]
In the aftermath of World War I, in 1925 world leaders met to come to an agreement to ban the use of chemical and biological weapons during warfare. It wasn’t until 1975 when the United States ratified the agreement in accordance with the 1925 Geneva Protocol. However, the United States made exceptions for the use […]
On May 25th, an African American man, named George Floyd, in Minnesota became the latest in a long list of African Americans to be killed by American law enforcement. In a nearly nine minute video, Officer Derek Chauvin can be seen kneeling on the neck of Floyd, who repeats “please, I can’t breathe”. At a particularly […]
The first case of COVID-19 in the state of Louisiana was documented on March 9. By March 22 there were 837 confirmed cases in 36 parishes with 20 deaths. The rapid spread of the virus and the mounting death toll, prompted Governor John Bel Edwards to issue a statewide shelter in place/stay-at-home order. This order […]
(Publisher’s note: The report referenced in the opinion piece was released by The Data Center in May 2018. The report was titled “Advancing Health Equity in New Orleans: Building on Positive Change in Health.) When the word of the Coronavirus first made its way to the ears of many black people, it was met with […]
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