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The Dashiki Project Theatre

The Dashiki Project Theatre was founded in 1968 and was initially funded by a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity. The primary...

Roy Joseph Weems: Straight College Athlete & Alumnus

The Roy Joseph Weems papers at the Amistad Research Center documents student life at Straight College during the 1920s and early 1930’s...

NOLA4Women: Jessie Covington Dent: Pianist, Community Leader and First Lady of Dillard University

Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent was a concert pianist, educator, community leader and the wife of Albert Walter Dent, President of...

50 Years/50 Collections - New Orleans Movers and Shakers: The Dent Family

The papers of the Dent family of New Orleans provide a significant portrait of a prominent African American family during the era of the...

RELEASE: Kathe Hambrick Appointed The Center's Executive Director, read more...