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View Comments This week, the Louisiana Office of Tourism introduced the first three life-sized markers along the inaugural Louisiana Civil Rights Trail with one sculpture unveiled in Shreveport. The Louisiana Civil Rights Trail tells the real-life stories of the civil rights era and pays homage to the trailblazers who played a significant role in advancing the movement during the 1950s and 60s. The markers are installed at the sites of historical landmarks and events throughout the state. The...

Dooky Chase’s Restaurant Gets First Marker on Louisiana Civil Rights Trail Meghan Overdeep © Provided by Southern Living Bill Sherman/Office of Louisiana Lt. Governor The Louisiana Office of Tourism installed the first of many markers on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail Monday.   Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser and the Chase family were on hand for the reveal of a six-foot-tall steel silhouette of a protestor erected outside Dooky Chases Restaurant, the world-famous New Orlea...

Dooky Chase Restaurant is the site of Louisiana’s first Civil Rights Trail marker Dooky Chase Restaurant added as part of Louisianas new Civil Rights Trail By Sabrina Wilson | May 3, 2021 at 6:36 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 6:37 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Inside the world-renowned Dooky Chase Restaurant a huge honor was being celebrated by hundreds. The restaurant which served as a safe haven for civil rights stalwarts like Thurgood Marshall, who became America’s first African America...

Stacey Plaisance An historical marker stands outside of Dooky Chases Restaurant on Orleans Avenue that honors significant locations in the Civil Rights movement in New Orleans, Monday, May 3, 2021. Dooky Chases Restaurant was honored because it was a common meeting point for leaders of the Civil Rights movement during the era of segregation. The Louisiana Civil Rights Trail markers project will eventually include 15 locations. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocat...

Marker honors role of Dooky Chases restaurant in civil rights history © Provided by WDSU New Orleans marker honors role of dooky chases restaurant in civil rights history A landmark that has steered New Orleans through many changing times is taking on another role as Louisiana looks to bring tourists back.Sign up for our Newsletters Dooky Chases Restaurant has hosted hungry patrons of all races when few other places in New Orleans did. It hosted civil rights pioneers and American presidents ...

Nungesser to cross Louisiana looking for ways to boost tourism this week View Comments Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser is launching Louisianas National Travel and Tourism week by celebrating the first marker on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail. The ceremony unveiling the marker at Dooky Chases Restaurant in New Orleans was held Monday afternoon. The Louisiana Civil Rights Trail has been a three-year Office of Tourism project. This week, Nungesser plans to travel the state this week to highlight succe...

Dooky Chase’s Is First Stop on Louisiana Civil Rights Trail NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans restaurant Dooky Chase’s served as a safe meeting space for civil rights strategy sessions. Now its the site of the first marker to go up on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail. A 6-foot-tall steel silhouette of a figure carrying a protest sign was unveiled Monday outside the restaurant. Its the first of what will eventually be 15 markers on the Trail. Theyre being installed by the Louisiana Office...

Activist and restaurateur Leah Chase was called the “Queen of Creole Cuisine." She died in 2019. Author: Associated Press, Stacey Plaisance Published: 5:05 AM CDT May 4, 2021 Updated: 5:05 AM CDT May 4, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans restaurant Dooky Chase’s served as a safe meeting space for civil rights strategy sessions. Now its the site of the first marker to go up on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail.  A 6-foot-tall steel silhouette...

Markers honor locations vital to Louisiana civil rights STACEY PLAISANCE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 11 1of11FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 file photo, Leah Chase speaks during an interview at her familys restaurant, Dooky Chases, in New Orleans. The restaurant, which served as a safe meeting space for civil rights activists to strategize, is the site of the first marker to go up on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail on Monday, May 3, 2021. Chase died in 2019 but ...

Markers honour locations vital to Louisiana civil rights by Stacey Plaisance, The Associated Press Posted May 3, 2021 3:06 pm EDT Last Updated May 3, 2021 at 3:14 pm EDT FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 file photo, Leah Chase speaks during an interview at her familys restaurant, Dooky Chases, in New Orleans. The restaurant, which served as a safe meeting space for civil rights activists to strategize, is the site of the first marker to go up on the Louisiana Civil Rights Trail on Monday,...