The Louisiana Secession Ordinance declared the state’s withdrawal from the United States government and its refusal to adhere to the laws of the Constitution.

ID: 6294 ~ Source: “State of Louisiana Secession Ordinance,” January 1861, Wisconsin Historical Images, Wisconsin Historical Society, https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/quiner/id/23321.

This file appears in: Streets on the Table Episode 3: Margaret Elizabeth

This file appears in: Streets on the Table Episode 3: Margaret Elizabeth

Streets on the Table Episode 3: Margaret Elizabeth

By Public history graduate students at the University of New Orleans

In 2019, the New Orleans City Council launched a city-wide effort to change the names of streets honoring white supremacists. While the city implemented its renaming efforts, a clear need for an…