HNOC Celebrates Louisiana's 200th Anniversary

By Paul Maassen

Published January 25, 2012 at 9:33 PM CST

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Booker T. Washington Speaking During His Last Pilgrimage in Louisiana, 1915.

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Booker T. Washington Speaking During His Last Pilgrimage in Louisiana, 1915.

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Stranded livestock, 1927, photoprint

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Stranded livestock, 1927, photoprint

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Louisiana will celebrate 200 years of statehood this coming April. To commemorate the anniversary, The Historic New Orleans Collection is exhibiting a gallery of artifacts tracing the state's history. John Lawrence, the director of Museum programs for the HNOC, talked about it with WWNO

The 17th annual Williams Research Center Symposium discussing Louisiana's history, will take place at The Hotel Monteleone. Public radio's Rober Siegel and Nick Spitzer are among the speakers. More information at hnoc.org.

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Paul arrived at WWNO as general manager in March 2008. Since his arrival, Paul has strengthened the station’s finances, introduced new national news and information programs, revamped the digital WWNO2 schedule to complement 89.9, and launched digital WWNO3 as an all-jazz channel. He has placed new emphasis on WWNO’s role in the community, devoting resources to local news reporting and cultural features, and encouraging new collaborations among New Orleans’ cultural organizations and the region’s public media.

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