1514 Dumaine

ID: 5622 ~ Source: Courtesy of Leon A. Waters, Chairperson, Louisiana Museum of African American History. ~ Creator: Leon A. Waters, Photographer

This file appears in: Residence of Jean Baptiste Roudanez

This file appears in: Residence of Jean Baptiste Roudanez

Residence of Jean Baptiste Roudanez

By Mark Charles Roudané

Jean Baptiste Roudanez (1815-1895), a free man of color, served as publisher of L’Union, the South’s first black newspaper, and the New Orleans Tribune, America’s first black daily newspaper. Dr.…