Amistad Research Center | New Orleans, LA

Founded on the campus of Tulane University in 1966, the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans houses one of this country’s largest collections of manuscripts pertaining to the African-American Diaspora, race relations, church history, education, and the Civil Rights movement. In addition to over 15 million primary documents, the center holds more than 250,000 photographs, 20,000 books, 2,000 periodicals, and hundreds of videos and audiotapes. Its literary manuscript holdings contain letters and original manuscripts from prominent Harlem Renaissance writers and poets, as well as more than 1,000 original works of African and African American art dating from the 18th century to the present, including works by several internationally renowned African American masters.  A portion of the center is also dedicated to documentation on Native Americans, Asians, Hispanics and European Immigrants, as well as Appalachian whites.

The Amistad Research Center is a designated historical site on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.

Amistad Research Center
Tulane University
Address: 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70115
Phone: (504) 865-5535
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