Though it is not often acknowledged, New Orleans was at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement. Many of her people continue in the tradition of community activism today. This section of the site is dedicated to those New Orleanians whose love and energy makes life in the "Big Easy" better everyday.
| Resistance to Enslavement |
Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877) |
Struggle for Civil Rights (1877-1964) |
Post-Civil Rights (1965-present) |
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Dutty, Boukman Malo, Juan |
Dostie, Anthony Paul Douglass, Frederick Dumas, Francis E. Gibbons, Charles Pinchback, P. B. S. Trevigne, Paul |
Burns, Leonard Castle Haley, Oretha Collins, Virginia Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Elie, Lolis Martinet, Louis Plessy, Homer Tureaud, Alexander Pierre Wright, Ernest Dent, Thomas Covington |
Reed, Leatrice Salaam, Kalamu ya Smith, Jerome Turner, Evelyn Dent, Thomas Covington |