TriPod Xtras: Arriving Africans And A Changing New Orleans

TriPod: New Orleans at 300 returns with a TriPod Xtra produced by Laine Kaplan-Levenson. In this TriPod Xtra, we hear an abridged talk given by Dr. Erin Greenwald, curator of the Historic New Orleans Collection’s ‘The Founding Era’ exhibit. Greenwald traces New Orleans’ African roots—from their kidnapping in Africa, through the middle passage, to the seminal role Africans played in the founding of our city.

Dr. Erin M. Greenwald is the Curator of Programs at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Her talk was part of programming for the exhibition, New Orleans, the Founding Era, curated by Dr. Greenwald, for The Historic New Orleans Collection.  The exhibition is on view through May 27, 2018, at 533 Royal Street.

TriPod is a production of WWNO in collaboration with the Historic New Orleans Collection and the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at UNO.