The Jazprose Diaries

The Jazprose Diaries

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Live from the Lost City of New Orleans

Live from the Lost City of New Orleans

How I learned to love a place I didn’t like. And the role played by Black railroad men like my father in shaping the Great Migration, the Black middle class & civil rights.

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Mar 29, 2021
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In order to love a place, you must love someone who lives there.

When I worked in TV news, New Orleans was never on my assignment list. My jobs were in San Francisco and Atlanta, the cities where I lived and worked.

But lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the storied city where my mother was born. Call it chance, the Universe, or synchronicity — the Cr…

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