by lindaoppenheim | May 11, 2017 | Opinion
Longtime New Orleans’ resident and author, Michael Tisserand, supports Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s order to remove four prominent monuments portraying Confederate officials and generals ” as well as an obelisk celebrating the white militia that in 1874...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 24, 2017 | Article, News
Workers in New Orleans began removing the first of four prominent Confederate monuments early Monday, the latest Southern institution to sever itself from symbols viewed by many as a representation of racism and white supremacy.