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Opening the Schoolhouse Doors: A.P. Tureaud & the NAACP in Louisiana
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Fee:
Free.Location:
419 Decatur Street, New Orleans LADates & Times
Date:
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Time:
12:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Talk
Description
Dr. Kara Olidge, executive director of New Orleans' Amistad Research Center at Tulane University, discusses New Orleans as a frontier for legal battles and protests and fueled the civil rights movement. On the front lines were civil rights attorney A.P. Tureaud and the NAACP (the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), fighting for equality in education from post-World War II to the student protests of the 1960s.
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