This graffiti referencing the Ku Klux Klan is on the base of the Robert E. Lee Monument in Lee Circle. The monumuent has recently come under scrutiny in the city as it stands as a memorial to this Confederate General and defender of slavery, with…
The Lee monument was dedicated in 1884, and was registered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Legend has it that Lee faces north in order to always be facing his military adversaries.
This painting by Clementine Hunter was done in 1950. Hunter was a self-taught African American folk artist who lived and worked on the Melrose Plantation, a mecca for the arts. Her work depicts slave life in the early 20th century.
The Beauregard-Keyes House was built in 1826, for the New Orleans slave auctioneer, Joseph LeCarpentier, who lived here until 1835. He was responsible for the infamous Haydel slave auction, on March 24, 1840, in which 62 slaves from Habitation…
These were the slave quarters for the Beauregard-Heyes House. The focus of the tour was not on LeCarpenier, and little to nothing was mentioned of slavery at all.
This project was funded by Bernard and Anne Spitzer Travel Fellowship for research projects involving travel abroad and incorporating the study of architecture, landscape architecture, or urbanism.
This placard marks the spot where Homer Plessy was arrested on June 7, 1892, for boarding a train designated for whites only. This event sparked the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case over the legalization of segregation.