Social Aid & Pleasure Club · 9th Ward
Rolls with the Dumaine Gang · Downtown
? Mark
The Parade
The ? Mark rolls with the Dumaine Gang through downtown and the 9th Ward. The exact route is released before the parade.
Named for the question mark the founders painted on bricks to represent the Desire Project — a logo before they ever had a name.
Downtown · 9th Ward New Orleans
A Name in Question.
The ? Mark club got its name the hard way — they didn’t have one. Meeting up at the Fountain of Youth on St. Roch Ave., the members had a logo but no name, and a Nine Times dance to get to. So they put a question mark on some bricks to stand for the Desire Project, and the ? Mark was born.
The club came up in the orbit of Nine Times and the 9th Ward, and today rolls with the Dumaine Gang — after president Byron Hogans invited them in at a King and Queen party at the Carver Theater.
No name needed.
Downtown · 9th Ward
