By Logan Bibby Nothing gives me pause more than learning about Black history in the United States. Nothing causes me to stop in my tracks more than internalizing the deep trauma that my ancestors faced when they came here and were forced into servitude. But, nothing brings me great pride than seeing the culture and life that Black enslaved people and their descendants have built from the ground up. Over spring break, I participated in a service trip to New Orleans and part of our schedule was taking an urban culture tour. Our tour guide introduced us to the 250 years of history lying within the bustling nightlife and grandiose architecture. In 1719, the first slave ship landed in New Orleans, and the city soon became the largest slave exchange in America at the time. With that ship and the ones after came culture. Religion, medicinal practices, and languages blended and became their own entity in the face of colonization and forced assimilation. Voodoo was not t...
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