Dryades Street
Title
Dryades Street
Description
Dryades Street
negative, 1955; gelatin silver print, between 1979 and 1983
by Charles L. Franck Photographers, photographer;
Nancy Ewing Miner, photographic printer
The Charles L. Franck Studio Collection at The Historic
New Orleans Collection, 1979.325.5215
As a college student, Oretha Castle Haley participated in a boycott and protests of Dryades Street merchants because of their racially discriminatory employment practices. In 1989 Dryades Street between Philip and Calliope Streets was renamed Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard.
negative, 1955; gelatin silver print, between 1979 and 1983
by Charles L. Franck Photographers, photographer;
Nancy Ewing Miner, photographic printer
The Charles L. Franck Studio Collection at The Historic
New Orleans Collection, 1979.325.5215
As a college student, Oretha Castle Haley participated in a boycott and protests of Dryades Street merchants because of their racially discriminatory employment practices. In 1989 Dryades Street between Philip and Calliope Streets was renamed Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard.
Original Format
gelatin silver print
Files
Citation
“Dryades Street,” The Historic New Orleans Collection - Digital Exhibits, accessed April 28, 2024, https://vop.omeka.net/items/show/73.