Marie Couvent: A Controversial African-American Philanthropist
“Marie Couvent was the first [Black] woman to set the example of an enlightened charity, and that for a long time she was the only...
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Marie Laveau: The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
Marie Laveau is the most renowned Voodoo figure in the history of North America. For several decades Marie Laveau held New Orleans spellbound, as her...
Hurricane Katrina: The Lower Ninth Ward
[dropcap size=small]H[/dropcap]urricane Katrina which formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic tropical cyclones of the 2005 Atlantic...