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Every year in November, more than 200,000 visitors from across the South and throughout the country travel to New Orleans to watch two rival HBCUs go head-to-head on the football field. More than just a game, the Bayou Classic is a week-long event celebrating historically black colleges and universities and their traditions of academic achievement and friendly competition. It features a festival, expo, parade, and other events in the lead up to Saturday afternoon, when the Gr

The records of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority – Alpha Beta Omega Chapter (New Orleans, LA) at Amistad cover the rich history of the organization. The chapter was chartered in New Orleans in 1927. It became the thirtieth graduate chapter of the organization, and the very first Black Greek letter sorority in the state of Louisiana. Alpha Kappa Alpha began on the campus of Howard University in 1908. Today, it boasts over 283,000 members in 992 chapters across the country and aro