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The Dashiki Project Theatre was founded in 1968 and was initially funded by a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity. The primary goal of the theatre was to present “an accurate portrayal of the black experience for the black community.” The Artistic director for the company was Dr. Ted Gilliam, who is also the Director of the Drama department at Dillard University. The majority of the Actors and Actresses came from Dillard University’s Players’ Guild. The group’s Firs

In 1993, the Amistad Research Center took on a project documenting one of New Orleans’ most vibrant and historic neighborhoods. Cheryl Q.W. Cramer and Clarence Jones, Jr. gathered community leaders together, and asked them to talk about the culture of their neighborhood in their own words. The result is the Treme Oral History Project collection. The project was funded by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation with the purpose of documenting the musical heritage of Trem

Dorothy Mae (Delavallade) Taylor was an authoritative political figure in New Orleans and Louisiana, whose fiery rhetoric shook the old guard political establishment in the 1970s to the 1990s. Born August 10, 1928 to Charles Henry and Mary Delavallade, Dorothy Taylor was a lifelong resident of New Orleans. Her career in public service began with the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of the Orleans Parish School Board. At that time, school segregation relegated Black children t

Home movies can provide a wonderful glimpse into everyday life. They record events and traditions often seen as so commonplace at the time they are taken that they have been overlooked in the more formal documentation of history. Looking back, however, these moments can become a treasured time capsule of a bygone era. The Robert S. and Lillie Mae Green Photograph and Film Collection at Amistad is a small window into New Orleans life in the mid-twentieth century. Robert Sylves