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520. Joshua Trosclair, part 2

Louisiana Anthology Podcast
Louisiana Anthology Podcast
Episode • May 5, 2023
520. Part 2 of our conversation with Joshua Trosclair, a progressive activist.  "HousingLOUISIANA
is a statewide initiative aimed at meeting Louisiana's housing
needs and create a statewide network of regional housing
alliances to ensure better collaboration across the state. Under
the #PutHousingFirst banner, Louisiana has built out its Housing
Triad, a multi-pronged strategy transforming the affordable
housing marketplace across the state.  This alignment
supports a housing-centered foundation for intersectional
community-rooted initiatives designed to respond to climate
change, criminal justice reform, racial inequity, the COVID-19
pandemic, and the hurricanes that have devastated South
Louisiana over the last few years."  


  1. This week in Louisiana history. April 30, 1803. Louisiana
    Treaty Purchase Treaty signed.

  2. This week in New Orleans history. On May 6, 1883, the Daily
    Picayune reported that "a New Orleans concern which H. C.
    Ramos is president and other leading buisness are interested"
    bought two stores on Tchoupitoulas Street with plans to 
    erect a plant for the manufacture of their product, Red Rock
    Ginger Ale. Henry C. Ramos would gain greater fame in 1888
    when he concocted the first Ramos Gin Fizz — a mixture
    of gin, lemon juice, lime juice, egg white, sugar, cream,
    orange flower water, and soda water
    — at his Imperial
    Cabinet Saloon on Gravier Street. Before Prohibition, Ramos
    had over 20 bartenders working at the Imperial at once making
    nothing but the Ramos Gin Fizz - and still struggling to keep
    up with demand. During the carnival of 1915, 32 staff were on
    at once, just to shake the drink. 

  3. This week in Louisiana.

    New Orleans to Memphis

    May 21-29, 2023

    Website

    Riverboat Cruise from New Orleans to Memphis

    Immerse yourself in history and heritage on this journey from
    New Orleans to Memphis. Soak up the rich French and Acadian
    cultures that infuse the Lower Mississippi, and be inspired by
    the stories of famed musicians and civil rights heroes. Savor
    delicious Cajun and Creole cuisine, as well as Memphis’s
    famous BBQ. And stir your soul with the rhythms of Dixieland
    jazz, Delta blues and gospel.

    Cost is over $4,300.


  4. Postcards from Louisiana. Swing 17 & the New Orleans
    Swinging Gypsies at the Spotted cat on Frenchmen Street.


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