Quiet Conversations The Upstairs Lounge Arson Attack Bill Larson and Bubba Copeland and the World Today
People who are in a lot of mental anguish and pain don't always crumble and give up. Instead, they reach out to help their community. After being ostracized by his mother his whole life, Bill Larson left home to create himself as the head pastor of the New Orleans chapter of the MCC moving the church from the backroom of the Upstairs Lounge to its new home in the New Orleans Uptown Garden District.
What happened that night at the Upstairs Lounge Fire?
"It went from people celebrating to those same people screaming in pain.
Stephanie and her friend arrived in the French Quarter to live the Bohemian lifestyle. On the first night of being in the French Quarter, they heard the news of a fire at a gay bar. Stephanie has lived with memories of what those two young kids saw fresh off the bus.
Bubba Copeland lived a private life with his kids and wife. Bubba was a school teacher, mayor, and a member of the Lee County Board of Education until a conservative newspaper routed him.
Bill Larson and Bubba Copeland both died martyrs.
Let their living not be in vain.
Historian Frank Perez explains the mission of the LGBT+ Archives of Louisiana and a welcome to Quiet Conversations.
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