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Land of Opportunity Film collection

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Identifier: 779
Content Description Land of Opportunity (2010) is a film, funded by the Ford Foundation and the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, that chronicles the reconstruction of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina and the flooding which followed. The Land of Opportunity collection is made up of approximately 1500 hours of film footage on Mini DV and hard drives. The collection includes the completed documentary, outtake footage, and related production material for the project. The footage represents a diversity of...
Dates: Other: 2006-2013

Marr-McGee Family papers

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Identifier: 246
Scope and Contents The Marr-McGee Family papers document the lives of writer, photographer, and cultural promoter Warren Marr II; his wife, attorney, community activist, and energy consultant Carmel Carrington Marr; and his sister, nurse, and race relations advocate Grace Marr Nugent. The key topics covered in this collection are the founding and administration of the Amistad Research Center; Black arts and theater; community development and relations; historically Black colleges and universities; human rights...
Dates: Created: 1915-2000; Other: Majority of material found in 1961-1985; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1971

John O'Neal papers

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Identifier: 279
Scope and Contents The papers highlight the personal and professional life of John M. O'Neal, Jr. The John O'Neal papers consist of 25.94 linear feet and document O'Neal's artistic style and vision as an African American actor, director, playwright, and community and civil rights activist. The papers are of interest for studying the southern Black Arts Movement and more specifically the Black Theater Movement; the Free Southern Theater; the Civil Rights Movement; voter rights registration; race relations;...
Dates: Created: 1927-1999; Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1989; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1983

Brent Taylor Pendleton collection

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Identifier: 291
Scope and Contents The Brent Taylor Pendleton Collection consists of photographs and yearbooks depicting the university years and teaching career of Brent Taylor Pendleton. The collection includes Pendleton's senior year Tuskegee Institute yearbook from 1926, along with five Wayne High School (Cincinnati, Ohio) yearbooks spanning 1941-1958. The photographs include an undated professional photo of Pendleton's second wife, Louella Tolliver Pendleton, a 1939 Wayne School basketball team group photo showing...
Dates: Created: 1926-1979; Other: Date acquired: 05/01/1980

Pontchartrain Park Pioneers Oral History collection

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Identifier: 834
Content Description The Pontchartrain Park Pioneers Oral History Collection encompasses ten digital mp4 video interviews with original residents of the safe haven all-black suburb, Pontchartrain Park in New Orleans, formed during the era of Jim Crow and racial segregation. The second oldest black suburb, built between 1955 and 1961, Pontchartrain Park was envisioned and developed by and for middle and upper-class African Americans who were denied the opportunity of homeownership in historic and new suburban...
Dates: 2019

Llewelyn Soniat papers

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Identifier: 696
Content Description The Llewelyn J. Soniat papers encompass 9.8 linear feet of documentation for his tenure with the NAACP New Orleans Branch Executive Committee (1958-circa 1994), the New Orleans NAACP Youth Council (1961-1989), and work as a volunteer for various political campaigns in Louisiana, including the campaigns of Ernest “Dutch” Morial and Marc H. Morial. Soniat’s documentation for his work with the NAACP include correspondence, committee minutes, resolutions, reports and collected news clippings, as...
Dates: Other: 1942-2009, undated

Paul R. Valteau, Jr. papers

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Identifier: 372
Content Description Paul R. Valteau, Jr. served as civil sherriff of Orleans Parish for over 25 years. The papers of former Orleans Parish Civil Sheriff Paul R. Valteau, Jr. document Valteau’s service in that position and the various comunity outreach programs undertaken by the Civil Sheriff’s Office during his tenure. The material also documents aspects of New Orleans politics from the late 1970s through 2010. The collection consists of news clippings, minutes and agenda, pamphlets and brochures, invitations,...
Dates: Other: 1970-2010

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