The Louisiana Weekly

The Louisiana Weekly
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Dejoie family
Founder(s)C.C. Dejoie and Orlando Taylor
Founded1925
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersNew Orleans, Louisiana
Websitewww.louisianaweekly.com

The Louisiana Weekly is a weekly newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana. It emphasizes topics of interest to the African-American community, especially in the New Orleans area and south Louisiana. It has an estimated weekly circulation of 6,500.[1]

The Louisiana Weekly was established by the C.C. Dejoie family in 1925.[2] The paper has covered social justice issues including "education, the environment, politics and protest,"[3] including such diverse topics as the Black Panther Party[4] and the threat of hydrofluoric acid contamination at a New Orleans area refinery.[5] The newspaper also has a Spanish-language page aimed at south Louisiana's significant Central American population. The newspaper presently uses the tagline "Your Multicultural News Medium".

Publication of the Louisiana Weekly was interrupted (in print only [6]) because of the flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina in August and September 2005.[7]

Past issues of The Louisiana Weekly are archived by the Amistad Research Center of New Orleans.[8]

  1. ^ "Louisiana Weekly". Echo Media: Print Media Experts. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Journey for Justice: Chronology". Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 2006-05-03.
  3. ^ "About Us". The Louisiana Weekly. Archived from the original on 2006-01-03. Retrieved 2006-05-03.
  4. ^ Hayes, Worth K. (Spring 2004). "No Service Too Small: the political significance of the survival programs of the New Orleans Black Panther Party". XULAneXUS. Xavier University. Retrieved 2006-05-03.
  5. ^ Wilson, Glynn (2003-10-20). "Hydrofluoric acid makes for "danger zone" around plant". The Louisiana Weekly. Archived from the original on 2006-05-06. Retrieved 2006-05-03.
  6. ^ "Louisiana Weekly – Your Community. Your Newspaper". The Louisiana Weekly. Retrieved 2006-05-03.
  7. ^ "The Louisiana Weekly". Media NOLA. Tulane University. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  8. ^ "The Louisiana Weekly turns 89 with this Edition". The Louisiana Weekly. September 22, 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2016.