Before there was Homer Plessy, there was William Nichols. And before there was Rosa Parks, there was Joseph Guillaume. And before there was the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, there was The New Orleans Tribune-led protest.
J’Brionne Helaire
J’Brionne Helaire is a senior mass communication major at Dillard University. She is the editor-in-chief of Dillard University’s newspaper, The Courtbouillon. Helaire has interned for The Times-Picayune, CBS Sports, and is now a part of Verite’s inaugural college fellowship. She is also a fellow in Dr. Ron Jackson’s inaugural HBCU PhD Pipeline Program and is a freelance photographer.
Helaire is from Cecilia, Louisiana and chose New Orleans as her home for her undergraduate career.
