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Les Pierres

By Paper Monuments, Monica Kelly, Artist & Elizabeth Steeby, Storyteller
Juanita Pierre and her partner Leslie Martinez opened Les Pierres, the first Black lesbian owned bar in New Orleans, in the 1980s. Located on the corner of Pauger and Rampart Streets in the Marigny, their Saturday night crowd spilled out of the…

Sicilian Lynchings at the Old Parish Prison

By Paper Monuments, Henry Lipkis, artist & Elizabeth Steeby, storyteller
On March 15, 1891, a lynch mob of thousands descended upon the city jail. The destruction and terror caused by this well-orchestrated mob reverberated well past this day, affecting local and global politics in the decades to come. Armed with guns,…
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