Week Three at Amistad

Week three was AWESOME!  I had the honor of meeting Mr. John M. O'Neal and his wife when they stopped by to visit the Amistad Research Center.  He was very enthusiastic about the archival processing of his papers.  I also participated in the HistoryMakers' Back-to-School program, where I met blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll musician, singer, and bandleader, Deacon John Moore, better known as Deacon John.  He is a local favorite on the New Orleans music scene.  At the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), Deacon John talked to sixty high school freshmen students about the importance of education and followed his presentation with two crowd-pleasing songs.  It was an extraordinary performance of high acclaim!