Before the unveiling of the Jefferson Davis statue on Hagan Avenue in 1911. Children, seen behind the statue, costumed to form a Confederate flag.

ID: 6314 ~ Source: “Davis statue unveiled with much ceremony," The Times-Democrat, New Orleans, Louisiana, 23 February 1911, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=104267481&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE2NjI1OTk4OCwiaWF0IjoxNjU2NjE4MDY1LCJleHAiOjE2NTY3MDQ0NjV9.R_wAoc3uh0rZOkp-QBPKYNiwLGRL5ZxKMpuIH_Ybpno.

This file appears in: Streets on the Table Episode 6: Dr. Norman C. Francis

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Streets on the Table Episode 6: Dr. Norman C. Francis

By Public history graduate students at the University of New Orleans

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