2022 Humanities Awards Recipients

The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities is honored each year to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the understanding of Louisiana’s history and culture. For nearly 40 years, the LEH has honored these historians, filmmakers, photographers, poets, educators, folklorists, archivists, preservationists and more through its Humanities Awards. We are proud to announce on Tuesday December 13, 2021 this year’s recipients, who this year include our 2022 Humanist of the Year Ruby Bridges. Bridges, one of four students who desegregated New Orleans public schools in Novembe...