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Gretna is the second-largest city in, and parish seat of, Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [ 4][ 5] Gretna lies on the west bank of the Mississippi River, just east and across the river from uptown New Orleans. It is part of the New Orleans – Metairie – Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The population was 17,814 at the ...
John McDonogh (December 29, 1779 – October 26, 1850) was an American entrepreneur whose adult life was spent in south Louisiana and later in Baltimore. He made a fortune in real estate and shipping, and as a slave owner, he supported the American Colonization Society, which organized transportation for freed people of color to Liberia.
St. Bernard Projects. / 29.99694°N 90.07944°W / 29.99694; -90.07944. St. Bernard Projects was a housing project in the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission were: Harrison Avenue to the north, Paris Avenue to the east, Lafreniere Street ...
The McDonogh Three is a nickname for three African American students who desegregated McDonogh 19 Elementary School, in New Orleans on November 14, 1960. [1] Even though school segregation had been illegal since the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, no states in the American Deep South had taken action to integrate their schools. [2]
August 8, 2024 at 8:48 PM. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Utility companies have warned for years about the hazards of Mylar balloons and that message resounded Thursday across New Orleans as most of the ...
Around 2,000 residents in Plaquemines Parish, south of New Orleans, were already relying on bottled water this summer after salt water infiltrated the area’s water systems.
The eye of Hurricane Katrina was forecast to pass through the city of New Orleans. In that event, the wind was predicted to come from the north as the storm passed, forcing large volumes of water from Lake Pontchartrain against the levees and possibly into the city. It was also forecast that the storm surge in Lake Pontchartrain would reach 14 ...
Team name. Trojans. John McDonogh Senior High School (nicknamed John Mac) was a public charter high school located in the Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. [1] The school was named after John McDonogh (1779 – 1850). Since 2018, the former high school building has been home to Bricolage Academy.