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ID: 6477 ~ Source: Photo by Connie Dorsey Abdul-Salaam, May 2022

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The members of the Unification Movement used Exposition Hall as a meeting space. The original building does not exist in the present day, but this photo shows the location at 740 St. Charles Avenue as of 2022.

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Aristide Mary

By Connie Dorsey Abdul-Salaam, edited by Lauren Smith and Jessica Dauterive

Aristide Mary’s politics embodied Creole activism in New Orleans. A native of the city, Mary’s mixed race ancestry shaped his experiences and political ideas. Educated in Paris, Mary became a lawyer but his family’s inheritance helped propel him…