Separate and Unequal: African Americans’ Struggle for Schooling Before and After the Civil War

A special evening panel at The Historic New Orleans Collection's Williams Research Center explores the relationship between race and education in New Orleans, the very city where Homer Plessy's ride in the Whites Only train car led to the Supreme Court siding with the doctrine of "separate but equal." Moderated by Xavier University’s David Robinson-Morris, “Separate and Unequal: African Americans’ Struggle for Schooling Before and After the Civil War” will explore educational history in New Orleans from the antebellum era through Reconstruction and the 20th century. The panel will feature writer Fatima Shaik (Saint Peter’s University), journalist Daniel Brook, and historian Walter C. Stern (University of Wisconsin-Madison), each of whom has done extensive work in concert with THNOC. 6 pm–8 pm. Free. hnoc.org.