The three men received short jail terms after previously pleading guilty to intentionally attempting to intimidate African-American students at Beekman Junior High School in Morehouse Parish.
Yesteday, the three appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Hayes in Monroe, Louisiana, after having pled guilty to the charges last summer. James Lee Wallis, 25, received a sentence of [...]
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued St. Bernard Parish, accusing it of a multi-year campaign to limit rental housing for African-Americans after Hurricane Katrina.
Parish President David Peralta was not immediately available for comment on the lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New Orleans. It involves ordinances and zoning regulations enacted under previous [...]
From a distance, it seemed like common sense: an ordinance meant to keep children away from an open-air night-life zone with more than 350 places to buy booze, an abundance of strip joints and a 300-year-old reputation for iniquity.
But last week, as the New Orleans City Council approved a strict curfew for youths 16 and [...]
Carlton J. Roy Sr., a black businessman who worked against segregation alongside influential New Orleans civil rights leaders such as the Rev. Avery Alexander and Dorothy Mae Taylor, has died. He was 94.
Roy died on Aug. 6 in the city he did most of his work, according to a funeral announcement. Grandson Shedrick Roy said [...]
Today, African-American homeowners and two civil rights organizations announced a settlement in a post-Hurricane Katrina housing discrimination lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Louisiana regarding the “Road Home” program.
The suit alleged that the formula used to allocate grants to homeowners through the Road Home program [...]
