594. Part 2 of our interview with Nick Douglas about New Orleans jazz and civil
rights. “I am working with my filmmaking
partner Doug Harris on a documentary called the Reconnect: The
Untold History of Jazz. It is a true story about the actual
formation of jazz in the only place it could have formed: New
Orleans. But it is more it identifies for the first time New
Orleans as the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement. It shows how
jazz and jazz musicians used jazz and musical performances to
fund and support the civil rights movement long before most
people realize the movement started. It answers questions about
jazz and the civil rights movement that have never been exposed.
Enjoy and if you like what we are doing share the video and
donate to get this project completed.” Nick Douglas is the
author of “Finding Octave: The Untold History of Two Creole
Families and Slavery in Louisiana.” Nick is an MBA with a
background in international business. Born in Oakland,
California, Nick grew up in a multi-generational Creole home. As
a child he had a close connection to his grandmother and
great-grandmother, who were both Creoles from New Orleans.
rights. “I am working with my filmmaking
partner Doug Harris on a documentary called the Reconnect: The
Untold History of Jazz. It is a true story about the actual
formation of jazz in the only place it could have formed: New
Orleans. But it is more it identifies for the first time New
Orleans as the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement. It shows how
jazz and jazz musicians used jazz and musical performances to
fund and support the civil rights movement long before most
people realize the movement started. It answers questions about
jazz and the civil rights movement that have never been exposed.
Enjoy and if you like what we are doing share the video and
donate to get this project completed.” Nick Douglas is the
author of “Finding Octave: The Untold History of Two Creole
Families and Slavery in Louisiana.” Nick is an MBA with a
background in international business. Born in Oakland,
California, Nick grew up in a multi-generational Creole home. As
a child he had a close connection to his grandmother and
great-grandmother, who were both Creoles from New Orleans.
- Now available: Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy.
The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it
as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in
print for the first time in 220 years. Order your copy today!
- This week in Louisiana history. October 6, 1860. John
Slidell publishes his address to people of LA. "Let every man
go to polls...we may soon be called under a common flag
against a common enemy"
- This week in New Orleans history. October 5th marks the
annual Feast Day of 5 Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, who was
assigned, in 1866, to the Redemptorist community in New
Orleans. He also served as pastor of St. Mary of the
Assumption parish. He died after contracting yellow fever, on
October 4, 1867, at the age of 48 years and 9 months.
Pope John Paul II beatified Father Seelos in St. Peter's
Square on April 9, 2000.The National Shrine of Blessed Francis
Seelos, C.Ss.R is located at St. Mary's Assumption Church.
- This week in Louisiana.
Gothic Jail After Dark Haunted Attraction
October 11-31, 2024
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October features a Haunted House like none other this
Halloween season! Experience the haunting and historic Gothic
Jail, where paranormal activity runs rampant and the walls
hold secrets of a brutal murder, suicides and a double
hanging!
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- Postcards from Louisiana. The Jazz Vipers play at the French
Quarter Fest.
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