Tremι / Lafitte in New Orleans in Orleans Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Dooky Chase's Restaurant
Making Rights Real
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Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 20, 2022
1. Dooky Chase's Restaurant Marker
Dooky Chase's Restaurant gained notoriety as a safe place where people of all races could sit down to meet and discuss strategies for the Civil Rights Movement. Iconic civil rights leaders such as Oretha Castle Haley, A.P. Tureaud, Ernest "Dutch" Morial, Thurgood Marshall, Dr. Ralph Abernathy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. all gathered in the upstairs dining room to have discreet discussions over Creole food. Leah Chase, chef and co-owner of the restaurant with her husband Dooky, famously said, "I like to think we changed the course of America in this restaurant over a bowl of gumbo." The couple often provided food at civil rights meetings and to demonstrators who had been arrested and jailed.
Erected by Louisiana Office of Tourism, Louisiana Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Industry & Commerce.
Location. 29° 58.077′ N, 90° 4.71′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in Tremι / Lafitte. It is on Orleans Avenue near North Miro Street, on the right
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Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, on the Gulf Coast, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Dooky Chase's Restaurant (a few steps from this marker); Central Congregational Church 1872-2005 / Celebrating Central Church's Legacy (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Inc. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas (approx. 0.4 miles away); Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 20, 2022
2. Dooky Chase's Restaurant Marker
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 20, 2022
3. Dooky Chase's Restaurant Marker
Rear of marker
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 20, 2022
4. Dooky Chase's Restaurant Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 20, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 692 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 20, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
