New Orleanian of the Year: Leah Chase
 

http://media2.fdncms.com/gambit/imag...ov_story-2.jpg On the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we salute a civil rights pioneer Visitors fill Dooky Chase's dining room, which is decorated with works by African-American artists. With its first issue of each year, Gambit honors a New Orleanian of the Year for all he or she has done for the city.?