2023-12-01 10:26:00
The Big Easy: New Orleans’ Civil Rights Museum
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Mural on a building in New Orleans. Photo: dpanitf3
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Colorful line: Esplanade Avenue is one of the most historic streets in New Orleans. Photo: dpanitf3
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Shade: Typical building in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Photo: dpanitf3
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McDonough Elementary School: The first school previously reserved exclusively for whites – which only changed in 1960. Photo: dpanitf3
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Remembering the civil rights pioneers: An information board in front of McDonough Elementary School. Photo: dpanitf3
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Docked: The exhibition is located in a wing of the convention center. Photo: dpanitf3
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A look at the exhibition shortly before the opening: The house is still limited to large-format canvases with symbolic images, display boards with rather short texts and historical recordings that are enriched with multimedia recordings. Photo: dpanitf3
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First influx of visitors: Visitors explore the museum at the exhibition opening. Photo: dpanitf3
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American activist: Leona Tate is a civil rights pioneer from New Orleans. She was one of the black children who was able to go to a school that had previously only been open to whites for the first time – under the escort of US Marshalls. Photo: dpanitf3
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William Nungesser and Stella Chase Reese, Leah Chase’s daughter and current co-owner of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. From the mid-1950s onwards, civil rights activists met secretly in a back room in New Orleans. Photo: dpanitf3
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William Nungesser speaks at the opening ceremony of the Civil Rights Museum. Photo: dpanitf3
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