First Draft - Race and Ethnicity

October 20, 2023
Emily Perkins, curatorial cataloger

The "Coming to New Orleans" series explores immigration to NOLA from 1965 to Hurricane Katrina, and how it helped build the city we know today.




September 14, 2023
Libby Neidenbach, interpretive training coordinator

Civil rights activist Katie Whickam was a beautician, community leader, and national civil rights organizer who helped thousands of Black Americans access their right to vote.




September 12, 2023
Emily Perkins, curatorial cataloger

The "Coming to New Orleans" series explores the grown of the city's Hispanic community in the 20th century.




August 10, 2023
Alexandra Cullen, summer 2023 archives and special collections practicum intern

The Cane River Collection illuminates the complicated history of a multiracial community in Louisiana.




August 4, 2023
Emily Perkins, curatorial cataloger

The third part of the "Coming to New Orleans" series explores immigration to the Crescent City from the 1860s to the first World War.




July 3, 2023
Emily Perkins, curatorial cataloger

The second part of the "Coming to New Orleans" series explores immigration to the Crescent City during the 19th century.




June 8, 2023
Story by Libby Neidenbach, interpretive training coordinator; video by Xiomara Blanco, media producer

Four locations where significant events took place during a century of women’s activism in New Orleans.




May 18, 2023
Emily Perkins, curatorial cataloger

In the first part of THNOC's "Coming to New Orleans" series, curatorial cataloger Emily Perkins puts immigration to New Orleans in the context of American history.




May 4, 2023
By Joseph Will and Ashanty Felipe, fall 2022 Black digital humanities interns

Two student scholars find answers—and questions—in their search for records of Black craftspeople in New Orleans.




April 26, 2023
By THNOC Staff

Would Sylvanie Williams be proud of the state of women's rights in our country today? Read the moving responses of ten students, winners of the THNOC's 2023 student essay contest.






 

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