(Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) As regions throughout the country operate as usual for a regular Tuesday, the people of New Orleans and other cities along the Gulf Coast will prepare for the biggest celebration of our calendar year–Mardi Gras Day. Mardi Gras in New Orleans often holds an external perception of beads, Bourbon Street, and unruly, celebratory chaos. For Black New Orleanians, it is a sacred tradition rooted in resistance, with an instinctive routine and complex history. The ongoing debates of the origins of Mardi Gras either place its start in Mobile, Alabama (when Mobile was initially...