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cierrachenier
Aug 25, 20239 min read
Deconstructing Catholicism in Black New Orleans: Louisiana Creole Research Association 12-4-21
by Cierra Chenier Originally published in the Louisiana Creole Research Association Journal Volume 14, Issue 1 - 4 December 2021 Growing...
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cierrachenier
Aug 24, 20221 min read
the 'katrina babies' are all grown up and we have something to say
written by cierra chenier for essence: a reflection on 17 years post-hurricane Katrina upon the realize of the HBO original documentary,...
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cierrachenier
Jun 20, 20225 min read
Black new orleans will be free: what today requires & what we leave behind
written by cierra chenier, commissioned by new orleans film society for south summit 2022. read here. I come from an old place at the...
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cierrachenier
Feb 2, 20221 min read
Black new orleans: history x art x narrative
join Taller Electric Marronage, Keywords for Black Louisiana, The Space for Creative Black Imagination, and the JHU Center for Africana...
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cierrachenier
May 15, 20211 min read
full & free in new orleans: cierra chenier's historic Black resistence
"this week, ms. cierra chenier entered the taller. Black woman originator of the digital platform NOIR ‘N NOLA, chenier did not mince...
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cierrachenier
May 15, 20211 min read
fox 8 news: creating Black history
featured segment here.
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cierrachenier
Jan 6, 20211 min read
vh1's growing up Black: new orleans
"vh1’s growing up Black is a digital original video series where we interview local natives to explore their personal experiences around...
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cierrachenier
Oct 5, 20191 min read
this 23 yr old historian is defending the culture of new orleans through her digital platform
'this 23-year-old historian is defending the culture of new orleans through her digital platform' written by kayla swanson for mogul...
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cierrachenier
Jul 13, 20191 min read
'cheers to her' brunch presented by essence & coca cola
'cheers to her brunch' presented by essence & coca-cola for the 25th anniversary essence festival in new orleans, july 2019.
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cierrachenier
Mar 21, 20191 min read
feature: 'cierra chenier, guardian of our culture'
'cierra chenier, guardian of our culture' via the law according to bre rob.
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cierrachenier
Mar 1, 20191 min read
meet the woman defending Black life on toxic land in new orleans' upper 9th ward
shannon rainey thought that she was living her dream when she became the owner of her first home in new orleans’ upper 9th ward. but...
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cierrachenier
Feb 27, 20191 min read
his name, but our power: cierra chenier reflects on the impact of tremé
n. rampart, claiborne, orleans, n. broad, esplanade. 6th ward. new orleans would not be new orleans without the tremé. the oldest Black...
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cierrachenier
Feb 22, 20191 min read
the Black woman who reigned supreme in 19th-century new orleans
beyond her spellbinding beauty, voodoo queen marie laveau exerted power, resistance and compassion in the era of slavery. read the Black...
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