Tulane University’s presidential residence, located on St. Charles Avenue, is a three-story, plantation-style home tucked securely behind the manned gatehouses of Audubon Place. A manicured lawn surrounds...
Twenty-year-old Orson Welles’ first-ever production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” comprised an all-Black troupe of actors for the Federal Theatre Project in 1936, set in 19th-century Haiti, for...
Tulane University’s first Black student did not step foot onto campus until 1963, almost a decade after the Supreme Court decision Brown vs. Board of Education declared “separate but equal” unconstitutional.
This...
Marcia Walker-McWilliams will lead the Tulane University History Project, a recent effort by the university to acknowledge its impact surrounding slavery and segregation from 1834 through the present.
With...
For Dennis Delaney, former Tulane football player and history major, the 48th annual Los Isleños Fiesta was an opportunity to share his Canary Islander heritage through decades of genealogy research....
Billie Wyler, Contributing Columnist
• February 16, 2022
Students at Tulane University are already beginning to prepare for what many likely consider the most exciting days of the year: Mardi Gras.
To celebrate this anticipated holiday, students at...
Some Tulane University students may have noticed the enormous candelabra outside the Lavin-Bernick Center this winter. Although Tulane is 40% Jewish, for non-Jewish students and community members,...
Gabe Darley is a computer science coordinate major.
At a school like Tulane, academic majors and minors are often worn like badges of honor, proud indicators of one’s passions. Yet, for some students,...
Tulane University was founded in 1834 and the first Black students to graduate were Deidre Dumas Labat and Reynold T. Décou in 1966 and 1967, respectively. Tulane did not admit their first Black students...
Megan Garcia, Intersections Editor
• October 9, 2019
The fifth annual Tremé Fall Festival took place last weekend on Oct. 5 at St. Augustine Catholic Church, known for being New Orleans’ oldest African American church.
The festival celebrates the...
The annual Fête Française, celebrating French culture in Louisiana, comes back to Magazine Street on Saturday, March 23 from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. This festival is hosted by the École Bilingue de la...
Hugo Fajardo, Intersections Editor
• March 13, 2019
As the nation celebrates Women’s History Month this March, citizens reflect on the significance and impact of what it means to be a woman. As the years go by, women are rightfully attaining more opportunities...
