Word: jeffersons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Washington, the king, queen and princesses will attend events such as "Louisiana Alive," where the best chefs of Louisiana will flaunt their skill, according to Jefferson. The princesses and several honorary queens will pay homage to Jefferson and Bryan, who will reign over the formal ball from an elaborate throne...
Forty-six years ago, the Louisiana Congressional delegation, chaired this year by William Jefferson, began to bring Mardi Gras to Washington for delegates who could not go home to New Orleans, according to Bryan. The chair of the delegation traditionally appoints friends or relatives to be king and queen...
According to people involved with the event this year, many hope the leadership of Jefferson. Louisiana's first Black representative since Reconstruction, may help to ease the racial tension that has lately marred Mardi Gras...
...Jefferson said the presence of a Black king and queen is more incidental than symbolic of any progress, since Black presence at Mardi Gras has always been strong...
Further, she said, she was chosen because her father is chair of the Louisiana Congressional delegation. "My father is African-American, so I am too," said Jefferson...