Preserving the Past to Strengthen Our Future

Our Mission and Vision

Mission

The Congo Square Preservation Society preserves and honors the Black and Indigenous traditions and sacred integrity of historic Congo Square’s roots of resistance, ritual, and remembrance.

Vision

To honor the past of Congo Square's historical, cultural, spiritual, artistic, and economic identity while envisioning its future through education, advocacy, and programming.

Our Story

“Native Americans celebrated their corn feasts in the vicinity of Congo Square with religious fervor, and according to local lore, they considered the area of Congo Square to be holy ground. In Congo Square on Sunday afternoons, to different degrees over time, African descendants spoke and sang in their native languages, practiced their religious beliefs, danced according to their traditions, and played African derived rhythmic patterns on instruments modeled after African prototypes.”
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- From Congo Square African Roots in New Orleans by Freddi Williams Evans

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