dAY trIPS BEYOND NEW ORLEANS CITY LIMITS Just outside the city are mysterious and scenic swamps, historical sites that tell of southeast Louisiana’s past, and some of the best fishing in the South. WHITNEY PLANTATION ©Louisiana office of tourism LOUISIANA CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL The 1950s and ’60s were a time of immense cultural change for Black Americans throughout the country. The scars of slavery, Jim Crow laws, and the rise of the Civil Rights Movement weren’t just in the headlines — challenges affecting the right to vote and civil liberties were being lived daily in Louisiana. The Louisiana Civil Rights Trail is a collection of sites throughout the state honoring the efforts of activists who organized for and dedicated themselves to change. Learn about Ruby Bridges and desegregation efforts in New Orleans’ schools, citywide boycotts, and sit-ins to fight hiring discrimination. Discover Dooky Chase’s Restaurant — where the beloved, late “Queen of Creole Cuisine” Leah Chase hosted and fed giants of the Civil Rights Movement like Thurgood Marshall, the Rev. A.L. Davis, and Martin Luther King, Jr. – as they strategized a path forward. Though Mrs. Chase passed away in 2019, the restaurant remains in operation today by her family, and is one of the most famous Creole restaurants in the country. DISCOVER MORE HISTORIC SITES LouisianaCivilRightsTrail.com 52
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