black businesses

Johnson discusses Baldwin’s lasting legacy ahead of a 100th birthday celebration, and the importance of keeping Black businesses thriving in New Orleans.

For years, Farish Street has been viewed as a failed business district. But Black business owners are working to shift the narrative of the historic street.

Black farmers and their families once owned and worked on thousands of acres of land in Louisiana’s Iberia Parish. The land has shrunk over the last several decades, and some, like Eddie Lewis III, say it stems from racist policies.

Earlier this month, Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar on Orleans Avenue in the Treme was shut down.Ooh Poo Pah Doo bar was black owned. This made us think about which…