• “A woman labors to fight her own way in the world, and yet, she can often do things that a man cannot.”

    Loreta Velazquez
  • “What a fearful thing this human slaughtering was.”

    Loreta Velazquez
  • “War fare inevitably breeds corruption”

    Loreta Velazquez
  • “I was, despite my Spanish ancestry, an American, heart and soul.”

    Loreta Velazquez
  • “My career has differed from that of most women.  Some things I have done have shocked persons for whom I have every respect.”

    Loreta Velazquez
  • “The way to keep a secret, is not to tell it to anybody.”

    Loreta Velazquez

NPR Interview

http://wwno.org/post/rebel-loreta-velazquez-confederate-soldier-turned-union-spy

NPR radio interview with:

Diane Mack

Announcer & Producer dmmack1@uno.edu

“This is NPR’s Morning Edition, at 89.9 WWNO. Good Morning, I’m Diane Mack.”

‘Rebel’ Loreta Velazquez: Confederate Soldier Turned Union Spy

We go Inside the Arts for conversation with filmmaker Maria Agui Carter. Her documentary Rebel tells the story of a Cuban woman, raised in New Orleans, who became a Confederate soldier — and a Union spy.

Rebel, presented by Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies, screens Friday, January 17, at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art at 7 p.m.

Many of you awake to that greeting each morning as Diane brings you the day’s news as WWNO’s host for NPR’s Morning Edition. Diane is a native New Orleanian with a background in television broadcast journalism. She is a graduate of Loyola University of New Orleans, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications.

Diane has worked in various markets around the state. She started at KATC-TV in Lafayette as reporter and morning news anchor. Diane moved back home to New Orleans in 1982 where she joined the news staff of WDSU-TV as a general assignment reporter. In 1993, Diane joined WWNO’s staff, hosting news programs, a classical music show, and the “Friends of Music” concert series. She is also an award-winning producer for the station’s cultural arts radio feature Inside the Arts.

 

 

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