In 2013, Allen Toussaint received the Medal of Honor for the Arts. He is pictured with President Obama above.

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Streets on the Table Episode 1: Allen Toussaint

By Public history graduate students at the University of New Orleans

In 2019, the New Orleans City Council launched a city-wide effort to change the names of streets honoring white supremacists. While the city implemented its renaming efforts, a clear need for an…