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A Civil Rights Memorial at Plessy Park in New Orleans, LA

To acknowledge the work of the Citizens' Committee of the 1890's and the demo of Homer A. Plessy
  • Status: Active
  • Submitted: Mon Dec 03, 2007   |   Last updated: Wed Dec 05, 2007
  • Location(s): Orleans
    only these New Orleans neighborhoods - Marigny
  • Topics(s): Community development, Education
  • Tag(s): Plessy v Ferguson, Civil Rights in Louisiana, Birthplace of the Movement
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Details

This project was started by the Trustees of CCPA and Students At the Center, a high school writing program. The personalities, event and entities of New Orleans post Reconstruction are a back drop to understand some of the inequities in today's social life. The art and writing gives rise to conversations which will hopefully lead to some solutions.

Project Scope: Vision, Aim, & Objectives

Why this project is being done:
For community awareness and the education of our children.
Who or what this project would impact:
All Americans, especially our children in have a full understanding of our history. An understanding of history will help with problems in the present. This project has and is a powerful vehicle for students to understand themselves and communities.
Project intends to address:
Social justice in education.

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