Mardi Gras

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New Orleans Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras, When is New Orleans Mardi Gras? theGrio.com
February 27, 2025
“It’s like a six-mile-long block party and nothing could be more fun. It’s for everyone,” New Orleans locals describe Mardi…
King and Queen Zulu as they arrived on Lundi Gras, theGrio.com
February 13, 2024
Festivities marking Mardi Gras, the climactic day of New Orleans’ Carnival season, hit full swing early Tuesday.
New Orleans, king cake, theGrio.com
February 2, 2024
The king cake, a Mardi Gras tradition in New Orleans, has exploded in popularity over the years.
February 21, 2023
Gunfire that broke out during a parade Sunday night left a teenager dead and four others injured, including a 4-year-old…
October 15, 2022
The smaller police force and a shortage of other municipal workers led City Hall to cut blocks from the parades…
February 23, 2022
Akasia Lee-Nicholas created The Culinary Queens of New Orleans, which combines New Orleans' culinary passion with building connections.
November 6, 2021
More than 15,670 people have died of COVID-19 in Alabama, giving the state the nation’s second-highest rate of per capita…
November 6, 2021
The judge who sentenced Tashonty Toney failed to sufficiently spell out the reasons for handing out the maximum sentences.
February 10, 2021
A new study on the COVID outbreak in New Orleans found that last year's Mardi Gras was responsible for thousands…
November 18, 2020
Due to coronavirus, The Big Easy has made it clear that any Mardi Gras celebration within its borders next year…
Noose
February 20, 2020
A young Mississippi girl was given a stuffed Black doll with a noose around its neck and now police have…
March 4, 2014
VIDEO - Today is Mardi Gras "Fat Tuesday" in New Orleans, the last day of the Carnival season, featuring music,…
March 4, 2014
theGRIO VIDEO - In any other context, mass groups parading down the street dressed in blackface and throwing coconuts would…
December 20, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The music of rock 'n' roll Hall of Fame performer Fats Domino will "float" through the…
February 11, 2013
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - At least three Haitian bands said Saturday that they are being kept from performing at Carnival…
January 29, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans has celebrated plenty of milestones on its slow road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina,…
January 22, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The 'baby dolls,' an on-again, off-again Mardi Gras tradition of New Orleans' African-American community, are on…
May 4, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mardi Gras Indians have been parading at Carnival and Louisiana festivals for generations, but growing interest…
April 23, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - When Hurricane Katrina scattered New Orleans residents and its musicians across the country, many wondered if…
March 9, 2012
OPINION - The most recent jobs report clearly highlights that to address black unemployment requires addressing the issues contributing to…