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An Undergraduate Researcher’s Look Inside the Lorenzo Dow Turner papers

For the Spring 2020 semester, Amistad welcomed Kate Sawyer, a junior at Tulane University who is majoring in philosophy and anthropology.

Preserving the Sounds of Treme

In 1993, the Amistad Research Center took on a project documenting one of New Orleans’ most vibrant and historic neighborhoods. Cheryl...

Mary Anne Mushatt’s Lion’s Tale and the Power of Oral History

Amistad has recently added the film Lion’s Tale (2000) to its online digital collections. The film was written, directed and produced by...

Happy Veterans Day from the Amistad Research Center

Many thanks to all of our nation's veterans for their service. Today we share an excerpt from a 2001 panel discussion with World War II...

Andrew Young Oral Histories Launch Online

In the 1980s, writer Tom Dent sat down with his good friend Andrew Young to talk about his life. The two were close. They had grown up...

Tom Dent’s Southern Journey Oral Histories Launch Online

Three decades after the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, writer Tom Dent undertook a journey across the southern United States. His...

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