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.
by lindaoppenheim | Dec 4, 2014 | Events
Join Center for African American Studies Monday, December 8th at 4:30pm in McCormick 101 for a discussion by Malik Rahim, a former Black Panther, and a long-time housing and prison activist in the U.S. State of Louisiana. He is the co-founder of Common Ground Relief,...
