oral history

Theresa Sokol has barely taken a day off since the pandemic began. She’s Louisiana’s Acting State Epidemiologist. In this first-person oral history from…

Life in the pandemic is marked by isolation. For local paramedic Holly Sherman, isolation has taken on new meaning since last March. In this edition of…

Hurricane Katrina. Black Lives Matter. COVID-19. These are only a few of the crises that Shaun Ferguson has witnessed during his time in the New Orleans…

For New Orleanians who grew up visiting Canal Street before Christmas, Mr. Bingle is a household name. This lovable snowman made his debut in the window…

The image of boarded up shops is both familiar and disheartening here in New Orleans. A couple of months into the COVID-19 pandemic, local graffiti artist…

Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s first term has been anything but ordinary. In this edition of Nola Life Stories, a series of first person oral histories, Mayor…

Health inequity is just one of the major issues that has been magnified by the COVID-19 crisis, but it’s one that Dr. Jennifer Avegno reckons with on a…

For Dr. Emily Nichols, there’s no such thing as a simple work day. She’s the director of New Orleans EMS, and since the coronavirus crisis began, she’s…

The Historic New Orleans Collection has been gathering oral histories from New Orleanians on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. First up in their…

Moon Landrieu entered politics in New Orleans at a flashpoint in the struggle for racial justice. Three years after he was elected councilman at large, he…