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New Orleans Improvement League: Fighting for integration in the shadows of the NAACP

Sometimes a simple question can lead you down a rabbit hole. That’s the enjoyment of reference, your ability to learn something new while...

NOLA4Women: Oretha Castle Haley and Doris Jean Castle: Sisters Dedicated to the Movement

The social activism of sisters Oretha Castle Haley and Doris Jean Castle began when they were still young women. They came from a working...

50 Years/50 Collections: The Evelyn Cunningham papers

Evelyn Cunningham embodied many labels in her lifetime: journalist, columnist, editor, feminist, and civil rights activist. These roles...

50 Years/50 Collections: Connie Harse On the Frontlines of CORE

The Connie Harse papers at the Amistad Research Center provides a pictorial history of the Civil Rights Movement in New Orleans during...

50 Years/50 Collections: The Ronnie Moore Papers, 1997

In this entry for our 50 Years/50 Collections blog series, former staff member and project archivist, Amber Moore recalls her time spent...

Amistad’s Newest Digital Collection of Civil Rights Photography

The Amistad Research Center has added a new digital collection to Tulane University’s Digital Library thanks to funding from the Patrick...

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