Event Title
Commemorating LSUNO’s First African-American Students
Location
Library 3D
Session
Session 4
Start Date
12-4-2013 1:15 PM
End Date
12-4-2013 2:15 PM
Description
esearch in a Digital History course led Ms. Retz to inquire about the 55 African-American students among UNO’s founding freshman class in 1958. Harassment from white students caused most of them to leave the first year. Publication of Ms. Retz’s early work in NOLA.com work along with the names of these students enabled UNO to reconnect with 12 of those students and plan a reunion for March 2013. This project has helped the university to honor these students’ efforts and start filling in lost history through the use of new media and public history practices.
Commemorating LSUNO’s First African-American Students
Library 3D
esearch in a Digital History course led Ms. Retz to inquire about the 55 African-American students among UNO’s founding freshman class in 1958. Harassment from white students caused most of them to leave the first year. Publication of Ms. Retz’s early work in NOLA.com work along with the names of these students enabled UNO to reconnect with 12 of those students and plan a reunion for March 2013. This project has helped the university to honor these students’ efforts and start filling in lost history through the use of new media and public history practices.