African American Carnival Balls
(1955–56),
Mardi Gras carnival balls captured by photographer Robert Green
(2014 Federal Grants).
Play film
Bon Temps Carnival Balls
(1960–65),
home movies of African American Mardi Gras carnival balls
(2015 Federal Grants).
Play film
Ernest N. “Dutch” Morial Campaign Films
(1977),
sponsored films from the 1977 mayoral campaign of the first African American mayor of New Orleans
(2020 Federal Grants).
A Place to Start
(1972),
documentation of conversations on race relations by New Orleans high school students
(2018 Federal Grants).
Ruby Bridges at School
(ca. 1961),
teacher’s footage of the six-year-old girl who singlehandedly integrated a New Orleans elementary school, commemorated in Norman Rockwell’s painting The Problem We All Live With
(2016 Federal Grants).