Collection includes two 8mm films from the Robert S. and Lillie Mae Green collection depicting African American Carnival balls from 1955 and 1956. Robert Green was a photographer in New Orleans, and the film collection is comprised of his home movies depicting African American life in the city from the 1950s-1970s.

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Black Natchez, Ed Pincus Film Collection (1967)

This documentary film was shot in 1965 in Natchez, Mississippi and...

Mannie Fresh Interview, NOLA HipHop and Bounce Collection (2012)

The NOLA Hip Hop Archive was founded by Holly Hobbs, a Ph.D...

Ruby Bridges, Alan Wieder Collection (1961)

Collection contains newspaper clippings (November 1960-January 1979...