Recent Acquisitions Provide Varied Insight into New Orleans History
Four recent donations to the Amistad Research Center highlight the varied and expansive nature of New Orleans history. These new collections are comprised of personal memoirs, artwork, photographs, audiovisual and born-digital material, and personal papers that document family life in the city during the early 20th century, post-Hurricane Katrina recovery, the judicial and civic career of the first African American elected to Louisiana's Supreme Court, and the emergence of bo