New Orleans Social Justice and Activism

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Collection 44

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists primarily of materials related to social justice issues in and around New Orleans and Latin America from the mid 1980s to early 1991. The collection includes pamphlets and newsletters of various coalitions in opposition to David Duke's 1990 gubernatorial campaign, contemporary news clippings, and reference materials on Duke and white supremacy. The collection also contains organizing materials in opposition to The Gulf War and local journals relative to labor parties, unions, and social justice, including Central American News, Bayou Worker, Second Line, Crescent City Green Quarterly, and Brad Ott’s Avant!, Dialogue, and Café Progresso. The papers of The Gary Modenbach Social Aid and Pleasure Club are also included.

Dates

Created: 1973-2002
Other: Majority of material found in 1985-1991

Creator

McCarthy, Richard (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

Physical rights are retained by the J. Edgar and Louis S. Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright Laws.

Biographical or Historical Information

Richard McCarthy is a former editor and publisher at the Twomey Center for Peace through Justice. As co-founder and former executive director of the ECOnomics Institute, he was instrumental in the creation and stewardship of the Crescent City Farmer’s Market and Market Umbrella.org, both of which embrace the principles of social justice and sustainable economic development. As of 2013, McCarthy is the executive director of Slow Food USA. Gary Modenbach (1951-2000), aka the “Chalmette Miracle” was a New Orleans activist, organizer and writer devoted to fighting racism and social inequality. A member of Worker’s Against Capitalism, he contributed to that organization’s publication Bayou Worker, and other local and national social democratic and progressive journals.

Note written by Horn, Christine P.

Extent

5.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

The collection is divided into three series, Social Justice Literature, Richard McCarthy Papers and Gary Modenbach Social Aid and Pleasure Club. The three series represent three separate donations that, due to their overlapping nature, were folded together into this collection and are organized into three series, in alphabetical order. The arrangement scheme for the collection was imposed during processing in the absence of a usable original order.

Source of Acquisition

Richard McCarthy & Special Collections and Archives Staff

Method of Acquisition

This collection is the integration of three different social justice collections: The Richard McCarthy Collection (1998.02), The Gary Modenbach Collection (2000.05) and the Social Justice and Literature Collection.