Algiers is a historic neighborhood of

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Orleans Parish New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

community located on the West Bank of the

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. Algiers is known as the 15th Ward, one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. It was once home to many

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musicians and is also the second oldest neighborhood in the city.

Neighborhoods

Algiers contains many neighborhoods such as *

Algiers Point Algiers Point is a location on the Lower Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. In river pilotage, Algiers Point is one of the many points of land around which the river flows—albeit a significant one. Since the 1970s, the name Algier ...

* McDonogh * Old Aurora * New Aurora * Lower Algiers (Cutoff, River Park) * Whitney * Behrman * Fischer Housing Development * Tall Timbers/Brechtel * McClendonville

Education

Primary and secondary schools

Algiers is zoned to schools in the

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(OPSB), also known as New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS). The district has its headquarters in the Westbank area of Algiers. The schools include: * Martin Behrman Elementary School (K-8)- Algiers Point * Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School (K-8)- Tall Timbers/Brechtel * William J. Fischer Elementary School (K-8)- Fischer Development * McDonogh #32 Elementary School (K-8)- McDonogh * L.B. Landry High School - Old Algiers *

O.P. Walker High School L.B. Landry College and Career Preparatory High School is a high school on the west bank of Orleans Parish in Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana. The school opened in 2013 after the merger of L.B. Landry High School and O. Perry Walker College an ...

- Old Algiers The InspireNola Charter Schools operate *

Edna Karr High School Edna Karr High School is a public, open enrollment, coeducational charter school in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The school is a college preparatory high school and is a part of InspireNOLA Charter Schools and the New Orleans Publi ...

- Old Aurora * Alice M. Harte Elementary School (K-8)- Old Aurora Crescent City Schools include * Harriet Tubman Charter Elementary School * Paul B Habans Elementary School One campus of the International School of Louisiana (ISL) is in Algiers.Tan, Sarah.
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Notable people

Henry "Red" Allen Henry James "Red" Allen, Jr. (January 7, 1908 – April 17, 1967) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist whose playing has been claimed by Joachim-Ernst Berendt and others as the first to fully incorporate the innovations of Louis Armst ...

, jazz trumpeter and singer raised at 414 Newton St. * Joe Blakk, rapper * Peter Bocage, jazz trumpeter and violinist, raised at 425 Brooklyn Ave. * Gary Carter, Jr., politician * Papa Celestin, jazz trumpeter moved to Algiers in 1900 *

J. Lawton Collins General Joseph Lawton Collins (May 1, 1896 – September 12, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer. During World War II, he served in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations, one of a few senior American commanders to do so. ...

, World War II general * Frankie Duson, jazz trombonist * G-Slimm, rapper *

Alvin Haymond Alvin Henry Haymond (born August 31, 1942) is a former American football defensive back who played ten seasons in the National Football League. Career Haymond led the NFL three times in punt return yardage and once in kickoff return yardage. He ...

, retired NFL player * Rich Jackson, former NFL defensive end * Anthony Johnson, NFL defensive tackle for the

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Cee Pee Johnson Cee Pee Johnson (born Clifton Byron Johnson,"Cee Pee's Wife Faints ...

, jazz drummer and vocalist *

Freddie Kohlman Louis Freddie Kohlman (August 25, 1918 – September 29, 1990, aged 72) was an American jazz drummer, vocalist, and bandleader who was a native of New Orleans. He studied under the famed drummer Louis Cottrell, Sr., and Manuel Manetta. Biograph ...

, jazz drummer raised at 428 Homer St. * George Lewis, jazz clarinetist *

Kendrick Lewis Kendrick Lewis (born June 16, 1988) is a former American football free safety. He played college football at Ole Miss and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He also played for the Houston Texans, Ba ...

, NFL free safety for the

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Lance Louis Lance Louis (born April 24, 1985) is a former American football offensive guard. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears with pick 246 in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at San Diego State. College career Louis ...

, NFL offensive guard for the

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* Manuel Manetta, jazz musician raised at 416 Powder St. * Memphis Minnie, blues singer and guitarist * Jimmy Palao, jazz musician raised at 900 Verret St. *

Malik Rahim Malik Rahim (born Donald Guyton in 1948) is an American housing and prison activist based since the late 1990s in the New Orleans area of Louisiana, where he grew up. In 2005 Rahim gained national publicity as a community organizer in New Or ...

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member and activist * James Ray,

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power forward *

Cyril Richardson Cyril Joseph Richardson (born December 27, 1990) is a former American football guard. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Baylor, where he was a unanimous All-American. ...

, NFL guard for the

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Virgil Robinson Virgil I. Robinson Jr. (born November 2, 1947, in Inverness, Mississippi) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints. He also was a member of the Houston Texans / Shreveport Steamer in th ...

former NFL

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running back *

Lou Sino Lou Sino (August 16, 1930 – July 30, 1986) was a New Orleans trombonist and singer who came to prominence as a member of Louis Prima's backing band The Witnesses, led by Sam Butera. He also released a number of his own recordings with his band ...

, jazz trombonist and singer * Herb Tyler, LSU quarterback *

Kid Thomas Valentine Kid Thomas (1896–1987), born Thomas Valentine, was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader. Kid Thomas was born in Reserve, Louisiana and came to New Orleans in his youth. In the early 1920s, he gained a reputation as a hot trumpet man. Star ...

, jazz trumpeter and pioneer of the Preservation Hall Jazz band raised at 825 Vallette St. *

Mike Wallace Myron Leon Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist, game show host, actor, and media personality. He interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers during his seven-decade career. He was one of the original correspo ...

, NFL wide receiver for the

Eddie Bo Edwin Joseph Bocage (September 20, 1930 – March 18, 2009), known as Eddie Bo, was an American singer and pianist from New Orleans. Schooled in jazz, he was known for his blues, soul and funk recordings, compositions, productions and arrang ...

, singer * Joe Thomas, jazz clarinetist *

Lester Young Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the most ...

, jazz saxophonist *

Bobby Mitchell Robert Cornelius Mitchell (June 6, 1935 – April 5, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a halfback and flanker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns and the Washington Redskins. Mitchell becam ...

, singer * Herman Riley, jazz saxophonist * Jim Robinson, jazz trombonist, moved to Algiers in 1911 *

Clarence "Frogman" Henry Clarence Henry II (born March 19, 1937), known as Clarence "Frogman" Henry, is an American rhythm and blues singer and pianist, best known for his hits " Ain't Got No Home" (1956) and " (I Don't Know Why) But I Do" (1961). Career Clarence Henry ...

, rhythm and blues singer * Tom Albert, jazz violinist, and trumpeter

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