The Center works to revitalize the historic neighborhoods of New Orleans, and now aids in the reconstruction of New Orleans in a historically conscious way.
The center offers an educational program. The website offers information on the center's current projects, a resource center containing resources for homeowners and prospective preservationists, and information on and photographs of the neighborhoods that have been revitalized by the center.
"'Then, thenceforward, and forever free.' Few public documents contain words more stirring than those from the Emancipation Proclamation. The process of Emancipation was momentous, tumultuous, exhilarating, and chaotic. Spirits soared and hopes were crushed as nearly four million black Southerners made the transition from slavery to freedom. How did they actually experience emancipation? What did they hope freedom would mean? How did they pursue it, and what obstacles did they face as they attempted to claim and secure freedom for themselves and their families? You will find some interesting answers to those questions in the remarkable photographs, letters, and eye witness accounts that we will discuss in this workshop."
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Humanities Center
Target Audience
"K-12 U.S. History and American Literature teachers"
Start Date
Cost
$35
Course Credit
"The National Humanities Center programs are eligible for recertification credit. Each workshop will include ninety minutes of instruction plus ninety minutes of preparation. Because the workshops are conducted online, they may qualify for technology credit in districts that award it. The Center will supply documentation of participation."
Inspiration intersects with means in a partnership that resurrects a city. Character interpreter Ed Way discusses W.A.R. Goodwin, founder of Colonial Williamsburg.
To listen to this feature, select "All 2008 podcasts," and scroll to the November 3rd program. Audio and video options are available.
This is a repeat of node identification number 20482.
This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the Ku Klux Klan, organized in the late 1860s to deny rights to southern blacks. The organization began with threats and quickly incorporated violence.
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, to protect the rights of blacks after the Civil War, the federal government replaced state governments in the South with military districts and extended voting rights.
This iCue Mini-Documentary looks at Booker T. Washington. Emancipated as a slave, he rose to become one of the most respected black educators at the head of the Tuskegee Institute; however, he was also accused of accommodating whites and accepting racism against blacks instead of fighting it.
This iCue Mini-Documentary looks at a political cartoon portraying Republican Senator Carl Shurz and explains why many considered him a "carpetbagger" during the Reconstruction era.