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A $750,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation will help fund a collaborative public humanities effort among UNO’s Midlo Center, the Neighborhood Story Project and the Justice Studies Ph.D. Program.
The New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School (Sci High) and the University of New Orleans’ Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies will host “Freedom on the Move in New Orleans,” a K-12 student creative showcase that explores the lives of freedom-seeking enslaved people in New Orleans and south Louisiana.