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Article

18 Mar 2005

Author:
Stacey Jenkins, Associated Press

Civil rights group won't boycott Big Easy [USA]

Leaders of a civil rights group have decided not to pursue a threatened boycott against the city [New Orleans]...if authorities did not take seriously the idea that racism was part of the reason [black tourist] Levon Jones died in a fight with three white bouncers...outside Razzoo Bar and Patio club in the French Quarter...Bar owners have denied the racism accusations. They say Jones and a friend started the scuffle by assaulting staff.