New Orleans will honor Dorothy Prevost, the last living parent of one of the four girls who desegregated the city's public ...

The stained-mahogany casket of Norman C. Francis rested in its place of honor in the center aisle of St. Louis Cathedral.

Funeral services for Norman Christopher Francis, the longest-serving president of Xavier University and a New Orleans civil rights leader, began Monday as New Orleanians bid farewell to one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kinfolk Brass Band plays along the bank of the Mississippi River near Jackson Square in New Orleans. - Will Lanzoni/CNN EDITOR ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: A new series “New Orleans: Soul of a City” explores the many ways the city communes with its history – through music, food, sports and tradition – revealing how, 20 years after Katrina, ...

New Orleans (CNN) — A bowtie is adjusted. A trombone is hoisted. On the corner of Dauphine and Toulouse, two motorcycle cops block the intersection. The opening notes of “Just a Closer Walk with Thee” ...

New Orleans is a town where a trombone can cause a traffic jam, and a sousaphone can lure a thousand people into the streets. At the heart of every second line is the brass band, those musicians in ...