Since Oct. 2019, Marie has been telling stories for the New Orleans Public Library by creating meaningful content to convey the Library’s far-reaching impact. You can see her entire body of work for the Library at impact.nolalibrary.org or click on the headlines below.


Geraldine Vaucresson was hired in 1961 as the first Black librarian in New Orleans to work at a traditionally white library. Her employment was part of a strategic to integrate the Library in practice, as well as on paper, which happened in 1954.