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Mardi Gras Highlights, March 8, 2011

• March 8, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Holidays, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Throw Me Something Mister", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Brass Band, Carnival, Coconuts, Courts, Floats, French Quarter, Half-Fast Marching Band, John Goodman, King of Carnival, Krewe of Rex, Krewe of Zulu, Krewes, Marching Bands, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras 2011, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Membership, New Orleans, Pete Fountain, Pre-Lenten Celebration, Rex Parade, Second Line, Second Line Marchers, SGI-USA Band, St. Charles Avenue, United States, Zulu Parade, Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club

It’s Mardi Gras

• March 8, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Religion, Spirituality
Tags: Big Chief Donald Harrison, Big Chiefs, Channel 4, Donald Harrison, Floats, Krewe, Krewes, Live Streaming, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras Krewes, Masking Indian, New Orleans, Parades, Rex, The Krewe of Zulu, Times-Picayune, United States, WWOZ, WWOZ-FM 90.7, Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club

“Drumline Live” Touches Down in Madison’s Overture Center for Three Days, November 27, 28, 29

• November 25, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Film, Holidays, Love, Memoir, New Orleans, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Spirituality, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Fights", "The Last Battle", African Americans, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Arts, Band Competition, Black Greeks, Black Women, Blacks, Debt, Don Roberts, Drumline, Financial Mismanagement, Florida A&M University, Fraternities, Growing Up, Halftime Live, HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, International Tour, Love, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Marching Bands, Mardi Gras, Morris Brown College, Music, Music Gods, Second Tour, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Black Church, The Overture Center, The Overture Center for the Arts, Tour, United Negro College Fund

The Fifth of Katrina – The People

• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Film, Health, Hurricanes, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Race, Spirituality, Stroke, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Frontline", "The Nation", "The Old Man and The Storm", "When the Levees Broke", 5027 North Roman Street, AK-47, Algiers Point, Aligiers Point Ferry, Architectural Critics, Architecture, Artistry, Building Artisans, Bushwhacked, Catastrophe, Cheryl Gettridge Steele, Chris Collins, Common Ground, Communities, Cox News, Danny Brumfield, Donnell Herrington, Effort, Gun Nuts, HBO, Henry Glover, Herbert Gettridge, Hurricane Katrina, Interview, Katrina, Killings, Looters, Louisiana, Love, Lydia Gettridge, Madison WI, Marcel Alexander, Mardi Gras, Martial Law, Master, Mental Health, Middle Class Blacks, Milvirtha Hendricks, Milvirtha Knight Hendricks, Mississippi, Nathan Roper, Neighborhoods, New Orleans, New Orleans Police, New Orleans Police Department, NOPD, Order to Shoot to Kill, PBS, Plasterer, Police Shootings, Race War, Racist, Right Wing, Roland Bourgeois, Shoot to Kill, Shootings, Shot, Spike Lee, Survivalist, Sweat, Texas, The FBI, The Lower Ninth Ward, The Road Home Program, Trauma, Truck Stop, Ugly, Ugly Ways, Vigilantes, Vinnie Pervel, Wayne Janak, WDSU, White Vigilantes, Whites, Wisconsin

Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 16, 2010, w/Updates

• February 16, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Music, New Orleans
Tags: Cold, Fat Tuesday, Frankie Laine, Home Cooking, John Goodman, King Cake, King of the Krewe of Rex, King of the Krewe of Zulu, Lent, Louisiana, Lundi Gras, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Pete Fountain, Phil Harris, St. Charles Avenue, The Crescent City, The Curve, The French Quarter, The Golden Comanches, The Half-Assed Walking Club, The Half-Fast Walking Club, The Mardi Gras Indians, The New Orleans Saints, Walking Clubs, Walking Krewes, Wussies

New Orleans Saints’ Super Bowl Parade Celebration Webcast This Afternoon…and What the Win May Mean to The Ninth Ward

• February 9, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Health, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, The Super Bowl
Tags: "Make It White", Alla, Astrology, Babylon, Bacchus, Caesar, Carnival, Common Ground Relief, Drew Brees, Endymion, Golf Courses, Governor Bobby Jindal, High Rents, Holy Cross, Homeless, Homelessness, Jordan Flaherty, Krewe de Vieux, Krewes, Left Turn Magazine, LowerNine.org, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras Krewes, Martin Luther King, Mayor Ray Nagin, Mayor-Elect Mitch Landrieu, Money Magazine, Muses, Neglect, New Orleans LA, NOLA.com, Orpheus, Pro-Business Mayor, Rex, Rick Prose, Speculators, St. Claude Food Store, The French Quarter, The Lower Nine, The New Orleans Saints, The Ninth Ward, The Saints, The Super Bowl, Tom Benson, Tucks, Ying Yang Twins, Young Urban Professionals, Zulu

The Ain’ts They Aren’t – Saints Win The Super Bowl

• February 8, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Class, History, Hurricanes, New Orleans, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Super Bowl
Tags: "The Interception", "Who Dat?", After Katrina, Broadway Joe Namath, Carnaval, CBS, Champagne!, Chris Reis, Drew Brees, Garrett Hartley, Hangovers, Hurricane Katrina, Jeremy Shockley, Jonathan Casillas, Katie Couric, Katrina, King Cake, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, National Champions, National Football League, National Football League Champions, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Paper Bags, Partying, Pierre Thomas, Reggie Bush, Saints 31 Colts 17, Somebody, The Crescent City, The New Orleans Saints, The Super Bowl, Thomas Morstead, Tracy Porter

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The New York Times

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The New Orleans Times-Picayune

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The Guardian, UK

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Trump says 'very substantial chance' North Korea summit could be delayed May 22, 2018
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The BBC

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