The Story Behind the Movement

T.I.E.S.- Treme Investigative Enlightenment Services. This group was designed to explore the history of Treme, and it's relevance and importance to African-American history and the history of the country.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Newspapers

The L'Union was the first black daily newspaper in New Orleans. In 1862 which was originally written in French. Voting was very important because the freed men took up majority vote after the Civil War and Louisiana had the largest free black populations during that time.

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