On the old Claiborne Avenue, rows of Black-owned businesses offered most everything Black New Orleanians needed before they were permitted to shop on Canal Street and in other parts of the city.
2) afternoon. According to the NOPD, police responded to the intersection of South Claiborne Ave. and General Taylor St. around 4 p.m. Early details indicated a child had been shot, but details ...
Now, the NOPD is investigating the death of another person who was hit by a car and killed there. It happened a little after 8:00 on December 9, and the victim was a woman in a wheelchair.
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Anyone who has driven on S. Claiborne Avenue near Louisiana Avenue, knows that it’s a mess. For months, a major drainage project has impacted not only residents ...
Before Interstate 10 transformed the landscape, Claiborne Avenue represented the pinnacle of Black entrepreneurship in the South. During its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, over 200 Black-owned ...