The cemetery contains the remains of known and unknown early blues and jazz musicians , including Jessie Hill and Charles " Buddy " Bolden . The battered remains of Robert Charles , at the center of the 1900 New Orleans race riot were briefly interred there , then dug up , and incinerated . Later , in 1973 , four victims of the UpStairs Lounge arson attack , Ferris LeBlanc and three unidentified males , were buried in a mass grave at the cemetery
UpStairs Lounge arson attack
UpStairs Lounge arson attack
Holt Cemetery