NOLA: Priced Out of the Parade

Rising costs, lack of protection, threaten New Orleans’ traditional second line marches

By Fatima Shaik

In 1875, at the sunset of Reconstruction in New Orleans, the members of a mutual assistance society called Société d’Economie traveled together to events ranging from funerals to picnics wearing decorated uniforms, carrying an American flag and swaying to a brass band. The club members wanted to display publicly that, despite the erosion of their civil rights, they were black men… return to article

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NOLA: Priced Out of the Parade

Rising costs, lack of protection, threaten New Orleans’ traditional second line marches

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