Algiers, New Orleans
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Algiers is a historic neighborhood of New Orleans and is the only Orleans Parish community located on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. Algiers is known as the 15th Ward, one of the 17 wards of
Shotgun houses in Old Algiers
Algiers Point sign
Algiers Point
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Algiers Point is a location on the Lower Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. In river pilotage, Algiers Point is one of the many points of land around which the river flows—albeit a significa
Algiers, New Orleans
…early 20th century, Algiers was segregated due to the Jim Crow Laws of the Southern United States. Under Jim Crow, blacks were not allowed to live in Algiers Point, which was tended for whites or Creoles of color who passed as white. Blacks occupied the area downriver from Algiers Point called McDonoghville (locals…
Algiers Point in 1922
Rounding Algiers Point A downbound ship and other vessels on the Lower Mississippi River, with Algiers Point to the right
Algiers Point houses Late 19th-century houses at the corner of Delaronde and Olivier Streets
Algiers Point sign