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Author: Kelly Dorsey Parker

Hoping to distract displaced Katrina children with cameras, she ended up launching a nonprofit

August 27, 2025 Updated October 28, 2025
On Friday evening, The Contemporary Arts Center will kick off an exhibit for Danette Vincent’s Katrina Camera Kids, who picked up cameras for the first time after the storm and ended up capturing important moments in their lives.

Civil Rights Icon in a Gown

February 12, 2024 Updated April 30, 2024
In 1966, Karen Becnel made civil-rights history, as the first Black Carnival queen to be presented at Municipal Auditorium – a place where her grandfather had helped to dress the kings of the traditional old-line krewes like Rex and Comus.

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