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EDUCATION

K-12 Resources
“Class Got Brass,” the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
Primary Sources
Illustration of string instrument played at Congo Square. Benjamin Latrobe, 1819.
Books | Articles | Videos Films | Websites | Audio Recordings | Newspaper Articles
The City of New Orleans and the Mississippi River. Lake Pontchartrain in Distance
New Orleans Slave Trade App
An interactive app audio tour available for download.
Historical Markers
Sign of where Solomon Northup was sold into slavery
Roots of Music Cultural Sculpture Garden Armstrong Park
The Rampart Street opening to Louis Armstrong Park.
Visual Art (Congo Square posters, public sculptures, etc.)
A Koindu poster designed by the late artist Douglas Redd for the African Marketplace at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. In the 1980s Koindu became what is now the Congo Square stage and pavilion.

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