Wikipedia: Lulu White

“Lulu White was a brothel madam, procuress and entrepreneur in New Orleans, Louisiana during the Storyville period. An eccentric figure, she was noted for her love of jewelry, her many failed business ventures, and her rap sheet that extended in New Orleans as far back as 1880. Until forcible closure in 1917, White ran a sumptuous brothel known as Mahogany Hall, located at 235 Basin Street. It was known as an ‘Octoroon Parlor’ meaning that all of the girls working there were light-skinned African Americans of mixed racial descent. The four story house reportedly cost $40,000 to build (about $1 million in 2008 dollars).”

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