Place Congo
Place Congo is French for "open space". This is the English translation.
What is Congo Square?
Who are the Mardi Gras Indians?
New Orleans brass band music that emerged from African-rooted celebratory funeral processions became known as these.
What are secondlines?
What is soul food?
What is Treme'?
Laws restricted gatherings of enslaved people to listen to music and dance to this one day of the week.
What is Sunday?
What is a "Suit"?
This nationally-known New Orleans born musician lived in the 9th ward his entire life and now has the street that he lived on named after him.
Who is Andrew "Fats" Domino?
This restaurateur sells Pralines - otherwise known in the black community as "pecan candy".
Who is Loretta of Loretta's Authentic Pralines?
These are the two Black newspapers that are published in New Orleans today.
What are the New Orleans Data News Weekly and the New Orleans Tribune?
Enslaved people could make money to buy their freedom.
What is sell their goods in Congo Square?
The length of time it takes to complete a suit?
What is one year?
DJ Jubilee, Juvenile, Magnolia Shorty and countless others have left an everlasting footprint on this type of music. It was made more popular in mainstream society by Big Freedia.
What is bounce music?
What is Cafe' Sbisa?
The first Black church established in New Orleans and the first Black Catholic Church in the United States?
What is St. Augustine?
The region in Africa where the majority of families were brought from and maintained their Senegambian culture.
What is West Africa?
The two chiefs of meeting tribes will stand back and acknowledge the artistry and craftmanship of the other's chief's suit by saying this.
What is "Looking good, baby, looking good!".
This gospel singer grew up singing at Mount Moriah Baptist Church in the New Orleans area now known as Black Pearl. She is buried in Providence Memorial Park and her t tomb is the only one that can be seen from Airline Hwy?
Who is Mahalia Jackson?
Chef Nina Compton's St. Lucian-inspired restaurant is known for serving upscale Caribbean cuisine.
What is Compere Lapin?
These three HBCUs are located in New Orleans.
What are Xavier University, Dillard University, and Southern University at New Orleans?
The instrument slaves were allowed to play in order to keep the African music and dance tradition alive long enough for it to become the very rhythm of American Culture.
What is a drum?
The Black Masking Indian culture in New Orleans is influenced by a friendship forged between two cultures.
Who were enslaved Africans and Native Americans?
"Cash Money Records taking over for the 99 and 2000's" is the opening line to this song that was on the 400 Degreez album which was certified 4x Platinum.
What is Back That Thang Up ft. Juvenile, Mannie Fresh, and Lil Wayne?
Disney's The Princess and the Frog character Tiana was inspired by this New Orleans chef who has served several presidents in her New Orleans restaurant, Dooky Chase.
Who is Leah Chase?
In 2023, two students from this all-black girls Catholic High School in New Orleans solved the 2000-year-old math problem, the Pythagorean Theorem, using trigonometry.
500 Bonus points if you know the young ladies' names!!!!
What is St. Mary's Academy? Who Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson