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Dooky Chase Restaurant is the site of Louisiana’s first Civil Rights Trail marker Dooky Chase Restaurant added as part of Louisiana's 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 American U.S. Supreme Court Justice and local anti-segregation warriors including A.P. Tureaud, Israel Aug...

New hope for rehab program and New Orleans lawyer Quarters of Hope By Rob Masson | March 31, 2021 at 9:00 PM CDT - Updated April 1 at 3:58 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A local attorney has put together a program that he hopes will help those suffering from drug and mental health issues. As he battles his own demons, he is now working with an impressive board to guide a group called ‘Quarters of Hope’, which he hopes will serve as an alternative to incarceration. At one time he was one of the busiest attorneys at Tulane and Broad. There he was 13 years ago, talking about a big case. Rick T...