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Title:	The Trail They Blazed
Date:	6/6/2025 - 6/7/2026
Address:	The Historic New Orleans Collection, 520 Royal St., New Orleans, LA 70130,
Location:	New Orleans, LA
Hours:	Tuesday – Saturday: 9:30am – 4:30pm, Sunday: 10:30am - 4:30pm
Cost/Cover:	free
Web Page:	https://hnoc.org/exhibitions/the-trail-they-blazed
Contact Info:	(504) 523-4662

Details:

Built collaboratively with people who participated in the local Civil Rights Movement, The Trail They Blazed presents stories of social and racial justice straight from the people who lived them. The multimedia experience immerses visitors in the movement, with ambient musical recordings of songs sung by activists, more than three dozen audio excerpts from oral history interviews, archival news footage, stirring photography, an interactive voter registration test, and more. The voices of those who experienced it firsthand narrate the tremendous and often dangerous effort to transform Louisiana from a Jim Crow holdout into a more equitable place for all residents. The spark for change can come from anywhere—from four brave schoolgirls to networks of undaunted college students, faith leaders, and community supporters. All blazed trails for future generations. This is how they did it—in their own words.