Louis Congo: Ex-Slave and Executioner of Louisiana
On November 21, 1725, African slave Louis Congo was freed and made a salaried public executioner in Louisiana by the
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What Civil Rights Acts: The Times-Picayune’s Editorial Silence on Civil Rights
The New Orleans morning daily newspaper, The Times-Picayune, during the 11-year period between 1957 and 1968, failed to publish a
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Blackness, Freedom, and the Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana
Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana radically reorients our perspective on Blackness and slavery
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The Taproot Remains: On the Life and Legacy of Ernest J. Gaines
On an acre of land, in South Louisiana, surrounded by sugar cane fields, Ernest J. Gaines will be laid to
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The Complicated History of Race and Mardi Gras
Another carnival season is underway. In New Orleans it can be a time of eager anticipation during the historic, festive
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