Lil Wayne one of 50 honored in new NOLA Walk of Fame [Video]

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans is the home to many special and talented people, while some of them are no longer with us, their memories and their achievements have and will never be forgotten. A new Walk of Fame will showcase those extraordinary people. So generations to come will know their names and their legacies will continue to shine bright.

Oretha Castle Haley refused to have her voice silenced. Her grandson, Blair-Dottin Haley said, “Her work and commitment to justice was locally but also for the country.”

He went on to say, “She was a part of the court case that overturned segregation in public accommodations but she was also a part of the case that integrated charity hospital.”

She proved that with courage and conviction, you can re-write the course of …