Exchange Alley, site of The Crusader offices.

ID: 6441 ~ Source: Detroit Publishing Co., Exchange Alley and entrance to Royal Hotel, New Orleans, La., New Orleans, between 1900 and 1906, photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016803147/.

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

Exchange Alley, site of The Crusader offices.

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.…