Most Black New Orleans residents still regard Congo Square as holy land; it’s used for spiritual and musical events. The ...

The marker spares some room for Hurston, who described Black Bottom as “tough” in 1934 and claimed that the neighborhood inspired a dance of the same name popularized in the Jazz Age of the 1920s.

It is also the place where many jazz performers including, for one, Bessie Smith got their start. Some form of music shaped by the black experience in the United States had appeared in both the South ...

The Utah Jazz are back in the fight on Sunday as they'll take on the New Orleans Pelicans as another ... behind the Washington Wizards for that bottom spot. In an effort for the Jazz to get ...

The New Orleans Pelicans will face the Utah Jazz on Sunday night at the Delta Center. Both teams are at the bottom of the Western Conference standings this season and are fighting for the best NBA ...