Civil Rights traveling exhibition "The Trail They Blazed" debuts 9/10

Sunday, September 10, 2023 - 10:00am
Tate, Etienne, Prevost (TEP) Center
5909 St. Claude Ave.
New Orleans,
The Trail They Blazed preserves and shares stories from the New Orleans Civil Rights Movement

As part of the NOLA Resistance collaborative initiative led by The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) to preserve and share stories from the New Orleans Civil Rights Movement, a new traveling exhibit titled The Trail They Blazed will make its debut appearance at the Tate Etienne and Prevost (TEP) Center at 5909 St. Claude Ave. on Sunday, Sept. 10. Built collaboratively with living individuals who bravely participated in the local Civil Rights Movement as well as those working today to preserve the legacy of the movement, The Trail They Blazed engages visitors in a multisensory experience that explores stories straight from the people who lived them. The exhibition includes 1,000 square feet of historic visuals and more than three dozen audio offerings that highlights boycotts, public school desegregation, the Congress of Racial Equality, the 1963 March on City Hall, the many individuals who supported the movement, voter registration and education efforts and activism in the Desire neighborhood. The Trail They Blazed was produced with assistance from the African American Civil Rights grant program, administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The TEP Center is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays. To learn more about The Trail They Blazed and to access accompanying oral histories and educational materials, visit nolaresistance.hnoc.org.

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