An aerial picture of the canal in 1948.

ID: 6308 ~ Source: Uncredited US Army Corps of Engineers photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewBasinCanalAirView1948.jpg.

This file appears in: Streets on the Table Episode 5: Charles McKenna

This file appears in: Streets on the Table Episode 5: Charles McKenna

Streets on the Table Episode 5: Charles McKenna

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…