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In 18th-century Louisiana, bringing new life into the world was difficult and dangerous. So why did Bienville slash the salary of the colony’s only midwife?

It’s one of the most famous plazas in the world, but Jackson Square had humble beginnings.

Because of its strategic location near Latin America, New Orleans was the base of several rogue warmongers in the 19th century. López, who sought to capture Cuba for the United States, was one of them.

HNOC asked three New Orleans poets to craft 21st-century responses to 19th-century protest poetry.

With Plessy v. Ferguson, Black activists fought to preserve rights gained after the Civil War. Their defeat marked the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of Jim Crow segregation.

One hundred and fifty years before Kamala Harris became the nation's first Black vice president, newspapers speculated that Louisianian Oscar Dunn could be up for the job.

On November 14, 1960, four six-year-old girls braved angry mobs to become pioneers of the national civil rights movement. That Christmas, well-wishers from across the country sent cards of encouragement.

The venue played host to Tulane Green Wave games, the New Orleans Saints’s first few seasons, and three Super Bowls.