Louisiana Weekly Cover Page

ID: 6119 ~ Creator: “Orleanians in Peaceful March for Freedom,” Louisiana Weekly, 5 October 1963.
This file appears in: Sit-Ins and Marches at City Hall
Louisiana Weekly Cover Page

Following the March for Freedom on September 30, 1963, the front page of the Louisiana Weekly included multiple photos of the demonstration.

This file appears in: Sit-Ins and Marches at City Hall

By Courtney Carver & Lauren Smith
During the 1960s, Jim Crow laws confined Black New Orleanians to second class citizenship: white owned businesses, restaurants, hotels, and other establishments denied accommodations for Black customers. The City of New Orleans also enforced racial…