Rodney Davis drove all the way from Houston back to his hometown to share his thoughts on Lincoln Beach’s redevelopment plans. Davis’ mother, June Foster, won the Miss Lincoln Beach Pageant when the ...

The State Bond Commission has signed off on a $5.5 million line of credit aimed at the redevelopment of Lincoln Beach — a key source of funding as the city plans to begin construction this year on the ...

New Orleans officials announced at a meeting Thursday night that construction on Lincoln Beach, a historic site closed for more than 60 years, will begin this December. "We learned to swim in Lincoln ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Right now, all that the public can see of Lincoln Beach is what is displayed along Hayne Boulevard in New Orleans East: tattered banners, an aging sign, the Lincoln Beach Center ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For generations, Lincoln Beach was a place where Black New Orleanians could gather, swim and enjoy the water during segregation.

City leaders think they're closer to bringing the historic Lincoln Beach back.The beach was once the African American's alternative to Pontchartrain Beach. It was closed back in the 1960s amid ...

NEW ORLEANS — Folks who are hoping to head to Lincoln Beach this summer will have to wait longer. Plans to partially reopen the beach have been delayed until next year, according to NOLA.com.

Carolyn Lowe left Lincoln Beach a half-century ago. But the Beach never left her. Born in her grandmother’s house in the Upper Burrell neighborhood, a segregated community that a real estate ...

Many years ago at this time of year, Lincoln Beach would be just about concluding its peak summer sea- son, a time when thousands of New Orleans African-Americans would flock to the lakefront beach ...

Pontchartrain Beach and Lincoln Beach were open when I was a kid growing up in New Orleans. I couldn't go to Pontchartrain Beach. I could go to Lincoln Beach. It was a segregated time. When my family ...