When the Louisiana legislature in 1890 passed the Separate Car Act ... Born on March 17, 1863, Plessy was a shoemaker in New Orleans who was considered seven-eighths white and one-eighth black.

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — A man born into slavery in Alexandria, Louisiana became a journalist, preacher, and the editor of The Tribune in New Orleans before moving across the nation to ...

February 10: The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Seven Years' War and resulting in Spain taking possession of New Orleans from France. The country's oldest family-run restaurant, Antoine's ...