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Becky O'Malley Gipson

Education during the Reconstruction: The Genesis of Straight University

  • Becky O'Malley Gipson
  • November 16, 2017
  • Straight Up History

Straight University was born from the American Missionary Association as part of a larger national movement for civil rights during the reconstruction era.

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PRC Revitalizes the Last Standing Building of New Orleans’ Original African-American University

  • Becky O'Malley Gipson
  • November 4, 2017
  • Straight Up History

The Straight University Boarding House and Dining Hall building at 1423 N. Claiborne Ave. has been returned to its former grandeur thanks to PRC’s Operation Comeback department.

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Straight University’s Influence: from New Orleans to Detroit

  • Becky O'Malley Gipson
  • October 19, 2017
  • Straight University, Straight Up History

Although short-lived, the influence of Straight University’s medical department reached as far as Detroit.

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OC Assists in Renovating 47th Blighted Property in Holy Cross

  • Becky O'Malley Gipson
  • November 29, 2016
  • Operation Comeback

Operation Comeback purchased this blighted property in July of 2015. Shortly after, two longtime members of the Preservation Resource Center, Evelyn Merz and John Berlinghoff, discovered the home while on a drive around the Holy Cross neighborhood.

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