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November 24, 2023
The New Orleans home where civil rights activist Oretha Castle Haley grew up and that served as a hub for Louisianas civil rights movement in the 1960s has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Treme neighborhood Craftsman-style home at 917-919 N. Tonti Street, which Haley shared with her parents and sister, Doris, is listed on the National Register as the "Castle Family Home" and later became known as the Freedom House, serving as a backdrop for pivotal moments i...
November 24, 2023
The New Orleans home where civil rights activist Oretha Castle Haley grew up and that served as a hub for Louisianas civil rights movement in the 1960s has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Treme neighborhood Craftsman-style home at 917-919 N. Tonti Street, which Haley shared with her parents and sister, Doris, is listed on the National Register as the "Castle Family Home" and later became known as the Freedom House, serving as a backdrop for pivotal moments i...
November 19, 2023
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans home where civil rights activist Oretha Castle Haley grew up and that served as a hub for Louisianas civil rights movement in the 1960s
November 19, 2023
The New Orleans home is where activist Oretha Castle Haley grew up and served as a hub for Louisiana’s civil rights movement in the 1960s.
November 18, 2023
The New Orleans home where civil rights activist Oretha Castle Haley grew up and that served as a hub for Louisiana’s 1960s civil rights movement has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Treme neighborhood residence at 917-919 N. Tonti Street is listed on the National Register as the “Castle Family Home” and became known as the Freedom House. It was the headquarters for the New Orleans chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality and a safe house for participants in th...
November 18, 2023
The New Orleans home where civil rights activist Oretha Castle Haley grew up and that served as a hub for Louisiana’s 1960s civil rights movement has been added to the National Register of Historic Places
November 18, 2023
The Treme neighborhood Craftsman-style home at 917-919 N. Tonti Street, which Haley shared with her parents and sister, Doris, is listed on the National Register.
November 18, 2023
Oretha Castle Haley participated in numerous protests, demonstrations and sit-ins fighting for racial equality.