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By Maggy Baccinelli

the place y�at? In New Orleans, this straightforward query can yield thousands of solutions. humans at the comparable block may perhaps say that they stay in Pigeon city, Pension city or Carrollton, yet they've got without doubt all danced jointly on the neighborhood�s Easter Sunday second-line. were you aware that gospel queen Mahalia Jackson grew up making a song in a bit crimson church within the Black Pearl or that Treme is the oldest African American local within the kingdom? In an exploration that weaves jointly historical past, tradition and resident tales, Maggy Baccinelli captures New Orleans� local identities from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain.

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