mardi gras

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Bourbon Street After the Terror

To prepare for New Year’s Eve, the City of New Orleans sent a tanker truck marked “LEMON FRESH” to wet down the streets of the French Quarter,...

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Mardi Gras was historically socially and racially segregated. Black Americans formed the Zulu Krewe to become a part of the celebration.

The history of Mardi Gras in America is rooted in social and racial segregation. Krewes were formed as a way to reinforce existing hierarchies in...

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