Gambit’s Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down for May 30
The heroes and zeroes of the last week or so.
What New Orleans is Talking About
- What New Orleans is Talking About
Blakeview: Courts ordered New Orleans to desegregate streetcars, buses 65 years ago this week
Dr. William R. Adams and Rev. A.L. Davis Jr. filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state law which called for streetcar and bus segregation.
Blake Pontchartrain: Louis Armstrong returned home in 1935 for a two-night stint at the Golden Dragon
A New Orleans Item review noted 'His voice rasped and gurgled, but it did things to your spine.'