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NEW ORLEANS (press release) – SEEING BLACK announces the fall opening of First Frame, the opening prelude of SEEING BLACK Photography in New Orleans 1840
courtesy of Amistad Research Center
Rivers Frederick in Flint-Goodridge Operating Room. Rivers Frederick was born in 1874 in New Roads, Louisiana. He received his B.A. from the New Orleans
University in 1893 and went on to earn an M.D. from the University of Illinois in 1897.
Frederick served as
the Chief of Surgery at Flint-Goodridge Hospital from 1932-1950.
New this month is a virtual exhibit that shows how New Orleans has benefited from Black leadership and engagement since the 19th century. Hancock Whitney and the Amistad Research Center at Tulane have partnered to present this curated collection, entitled “The Things We Do for Ourselves: African American Leadership in New Orleans.”