"Upstairs - A Victim," Times-Picayune, June 25, 1973.

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This file appears in: Upstairs Lounge Fire, 1973: News Coverage

Image depicting the removal of victims from the Upstairs Lounge. Courtesy of The Times-Picayune.

This file appears in: Upstairs Lounge Fire, 1973: News Coverage

Upstairs Lounge Fire, 1973: News Coverage

By Jennifer Conerly, Drue Hardegree, Robert Rickey, August Darbonne, ed. & Charlotte Willcox, ed.

National press coverage of the Upstairs Lounge fire was rather light and short-lived considering the scale of the crime. Coverage in New Orleans was insensitive and callous; newspaper reporters…