New Orleans: Music, Culture, and Civil Rights

FAIN: BH-261744-18

Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, The (New Orleans, LA 70118-5698)
Rebecca Snedeker (Project Director: February 2018 to March 2025)
Sonya Robinson (Co Project Director: August 2018 to March 2025)
Bruce Barnes (Co Project Director: August 2018 to March 2025)

Two one-week workshops for 72 school teachers on the civil rights history and musical cultures of New Orleans.

The “New Orleans: Music, Culture, and Civil Rights” teacher workshop project aims to implement two immersive 5-day experiences at Tulane University and several locations throughout New Orleans in Summer 2019. Each week-long workshop will introduce participants to the evolution of New Orleans music and culture, from the city's earliest beginnings to present day. All along the way, this development will be situated within historical contexts and in relation to the evolution of human and civil rights. Built on an inquiry-driven practice and drawing from cutting-edge scholars, luminous performers, local civil rights leaders and the workshop co-directors' well of knowledge and spirit, these experiences promise to nourish, challenge, and inspire teachers, and in turn enrich their classrooms.