Michael Ross, Historical Consultant

Michael Ross is a specialist in American Constitutional History, U.S. Nineteenth Century History, and the Civil War and Reconstruction Eras. His second book, The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era (Oxford UP, 2014) tells the story of a sensational 1870 race trial that became intertwined with the fearsome political struggles of Reconstruction. The book won the 2014 Kemper Williams Prize and the 2015 New Orleans Public Library Choice Award for Non-Fiction and was a selection of the History Book Club. He has twice delivered Silverman lectures at the United States Supreme Court. Dr. Ross is working with Goat in the Road to advise on New Orleans during the Reconstruction Era.

Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies

The Ethel and Herman L. Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies is an incubator for public humanities research with an emphasis on civil rights. The Center also serves as a resource for many city and state initiatives related to public history, heritage, and preservation. They work with a network of community partners, museums and universities, cultural institutions, archives, public libraries, and educators.

Goat in the Road is proud to boast the Midlo Center as a Gallatin Alley partner.

New Orleans Jazz Museum

Through dynamic interactive exhibits, multigenerational educational programming, research facilities and engaging musical performances, the music New Orleans made famous is explored in all its forms.

Housed in the historic Old U.S. Mint, strategically located at the intersection of the French Quarter and the Frenchmen Street live music corridor, the New Orleans Jazz Museum is in the heart of the city’s vibrant music scene.

Through partnerships with local, national and international educational institutions, the New Orleans Jazz Museum promotes the global understanding of jazz as one of the most innovative, historically pivotal musical art forms in world history. Goat in the Road is proud to work with the Jazz Museum as a consulting organization for Gallatin Alley’s music.

Caroline Leffert, Historical Consultant

Caroline Leffert is a student in Tulane’s City, Culture, and Community doctoral program in Sociology. She has provided essential consulting on Gallatin Alley by pouring through census records, primary source research materials, and reconstructing the lived history of the area.

Caroline Leffert and Eileen Tomzcuk worked with Goat in the Road, with the help of the Tulane University/Mellon Foundation for engaged scholarship.

Eileen Tomczuk, Historical Consultant

Eileen Tomczuk is a student in Tulane’s City, Culture, and Community doctoral program in Sociology. She has provided essential consulting on Gallatin Alley by pouring through census records, primary source research materials, and reconstructing the lived history of the area.

Caroline Leffert and Eileen Tomzcuk worked with Goat in the Road, with the help of the Tulane University/Mellon Foundation for engaged scholarship.