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The New Orleans home where civil rights activist Oretha Castle Haley grew up and that served as a hub for Louisiana's 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 in the city's civil rights history. Haley participated in numerous protests, demonstrations and sit-...

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans home where civil rights activist Oretha Castle Haley grew up and that served as a hub for Louisiana's civil rights movement in the 1960s

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.

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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 the 1961 Freedom Rides that challenged segregated public buses. Tulane graduate student Robin S. Smith...