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Amistad Collects, Shares Cultural Capital

The gem that is the Amistad Research Center serves a worldwide assemblage of scholars, but also the New Orleans community at-large. Local...

From the Stacks: Contraband to Souvenir, the “San Quentin copy” of Chester Himes’ Pinktoes

Amistad’s “From the Stacks” blog series has focused on unique or interesting copies of books housed in the Center’s library collection....

New Exhibition of Jacob Lawrence's Toussaint L'Ouverture Serigraph Series

Amistad’s new exhibition, To Preserve Their Freedom: Jacob Lawrence's Toussaint L'Ouverture Serigraph Series, seeks to celebrate the...

New Amistad Exhibition on African Americans Abroad

Carnets de voyage: Des Afro-Américains à l’étranger (Travel Diaries: African Americans Abroad), illuminates the international travel...

Black Arts Movement Exhibition Opens

When the Amistad Research Center was founded in 1966, the Black Arts Movement (BAM) was barely a year old. The Center and BAM share not...

Works from Amistad’s Fine Arts Collection Travel the United States

Scholars and admirers of artists Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence have an opportunity to view works produced by the couple at...

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