The Cabildo, circa 1880-1910.

ID: 6330 ~ Source: Morgan Whitney, “Cabildo, Old Supreme Court,” 1880-1910, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Permanent Collection, http://hnoc.minisisinc.com/thnoc/catalog/1/7617.

This file appears in: Louis A. Martinet and Albion Tourgée

The Cabildo served as the location of the Supreme Court of Louisiana until 1910. The Plessy v. Ferguson case was argued here before going to Washington D.C. in 1896.

This file appears in: Louis A. Martinet and Albion Tourgée

Louis A. Martinet and Albion Tourgée

By Lauren Smith, edited by Jessica Dauterive

Louis A. Martinet was a key player in the fight for civil rights in New Orleans. Born December 28, 1849, his multiracial identity as the son of a free woman of color and a Belgian man placed him within the community of Creoles of color in Louisiana.…