Footprints Of Black Louisiana

Author : Norman R. Smith
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781462819508

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Footprints of Black Louisiana by Norman R. Smith Pdf

Blacks may have had a hard history on this land of the free. But they have never stepped back or just stayed on the sides while the world continues turning. In their own simple ordinary ways, they have made extraordinary contributions of works that benefitted society until today. In appreciation and recognition of some remarkable Black Louisianians, author Norman R. Smith honors them with the release of his newly published book, Footprints of Black Louisiana. Black men and women are proud of their heritage and they only want a chance to prove their worth to society. The author’s collection unveils a mass of great Black Louisianians and he tells who they are and what they have done to make America a better place. He invites the reader to follow the Footprints of Black Louisiana as he spotlights: Black activist, philanthropists, civic and political leaders, businessmen, educators, religious leaders, musical, visual and literary artists, entertainers, scientists, inventors, medical professionals, and others who have made long lasting contribution to the world. This collection features distinct images of landmarks and significant buildings erected through the efforts of Black Louisianians.

Author : Hilary Mc Laughlin-Stonham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789622249

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From Slavery to Civil Rights by Hilary Mc Laughlin-Stonham Pdf

The history of Louisiana from slavery until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shows that unique influences within the state were responsible for a distinctive political and social culture. In New Orleans, the most populous city in the state, this was reflected in the conflict that arose on segregated streetcars that ran throughout the crescent city. This study chronologically surveys segregation on the streetcars from the antebellum period in which black stereotypes and justification for segregation were formed. It follows the political and social motivation for segregation through reconstruction to the integration of the streetcars and the white resistance in the 1950s while examining the changing political and social climate that evolved over the segregation era. It considers the shifting nature of white supremacy that took hold in New Orleans after the Civil War and how this came to be played out daily, in public, on the streetcars. The paternalistic nature of white supremacy is considered and how this was gradually replaced with an unassailable white supremacist atmosphere that often restricted the actions of whites, as well as blacks, and the effect that this had on urban transport. Streetcars became the 'theatres' for black resistance throughout the era and this survey considers the symbolic part they played in civil rights up to the present day.

Author : Sally Asher
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9781626198654

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Stories from the St. Louis Cemeteries of New Orleans by Sally Asher Pdf

The tombs and graves of the St. Louis Cemeteries rise from the ground, creating labyrinthine memorials aptly dubbed "cities of the dead." Most are in even rows with quaint street names. Some are of crumbling brick and broken marble. Others are miniature mansions clad in decorative ironwork with angelic guardians. Grand or humble, each is a relic of the story of New Orleans. Politicians, pirates, Mardi Gras Indian chiefs and one voodoo queen rest below. In an unprecedented inquiry, author Sally Asher reveals the lives within the mysterious and majestic tombs of the St. Louis Cemeteries.

Author : Brian Altobello
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496835086

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Whiskey, Women, and War by Brian Altobello Pdf

Entering World War I in 1917, a burst of patriotism in New Orleans collided with civil liberties. The city, due to its French heritage, shared a strong cultural tie to the Allies, and French speakers from Louisiana provided vital technical assistance to the US military during the war effort. Meanwhile, citizens of German heritage were harassed by unscrupulous, ill-trained volunteers of the American Protective League, ordained by the Justice Department to shield America from enemies within. As a major port, the wartime mobilization dramatically reshaped the cultural landscape of the city in ways that altered the national culture, especially as jazz musicians spread outward from the vice districts. Whiskey, Women, and War: How the Great War Shaped Jim Crow New Orleans surveys the various ways the city confronted the demands of World War I under the supervision of a dynamic political machine boss. Author Brian Altobello analyzes the mobilization of the local population in terms of enlistments and war bond sales and addresses the anti-vice crusade meant to safeguard the American war effort, giving attention to Prohibition and the closure of the red-light district known as Storyville. He studies the political fistfight over women’s suffrage, as New Orleans’s Gordon sisters demanded the vote predicated on the preservation of white supremacy. Finally, he examines race relations in the city, as African Americans were integrated into the city’s war effort and cultural landscape even as Jim Crow was firmly established. Ultimately, the volume brings to life this history of a city that endured World War I in its own singular style.

Author : Anne Gessler
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496827586

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Cooperatives in New Orleans by Anne Gessler Pdf

Cooperatives have been central to the development of New Orleans. Anne Gessler asserts that local cooperatives have reshaped its built environment by changing where people interact and with whom, helping them collapse social hierarchies and envision new political systems. Gessler tracks many neighborhood cooperatives, spanning from the 1890s to the present, whose alliances with union, consumer, and social justice activists animated successive generations of regional networks and stimulated urban growth in New Orleans. Studying alternative forms of social organization within the city’s multiple integrated spaces, women, people of color, and laborers blended neighborhood-based African, Caribbean, and European communal activism with international cooperative principles to democratize exploitative systems of consumption, production, and exchange. From utopian socialist workers’ unions and Rochdale grocery stores to black liberationist theater collectives and community gardens, these cooperative entities integrated marginalized residents into democratic governance while equally distributing profits among members. Besides economic development, neighborhood cooperatives participated in heady debates over urban land use, applying egalitarian cooperative principles to modernize New Orleans’s crumbling infrastructure, monopolistic food distribution systems, and spotty welfare programs. As Gessler indicates, cooperative activists deployed street-level subsistence tactics to mobilize continual waves of ordinary people seizing control over mainstream economic and political institutions.

Author : Karen Juanita Carrillo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781598843613

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African American History Day by Day by Karen Juanita Carrillo Pdf

The proof of any group's importance to history is in the detail, a fact made plain by this informative book's day-by-day documentation of the impact of African Americans on life in the United States. One of the easiest ways to grasp any aspect of history is to look at it as a continuum. African American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events provides just such an opportunity. Organized in the form of a calendar, this book allows readers to see the dates of famous births, deaths, and events that have affected the lives of African Americans and, by extension, of America as a whole. Each day features an entry with information about an important event that occurred on that date. Background on the highlighted event is provided, along with a link to at least one primary source document and references to books and websites that can provide more information. While there are other calendars of African American history, this one is set apart by its level of academic detail. It is not only a calendar, but also an easy-to-use reference and learning tool.

Author : Tara Dudley
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781477323021

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Building Antebellum New Orleans by Tara Dudley Pdf

The Creole architecture of New Orleans is one of the city’s most-recognized features, but studies of it largely have been focused on architectural typology. In Building Antebellum New Orleans Tara A. Dudley examines the architectural activities and influence of gens de couleur libres—free people of color—in a city where the mixed-race descendants of whites could own property. Between 1820 and 1850 New Orleans became an urban metropolis and industrialized shipping center with a growing population. Amidst dramatic economic and cultural change in the mid-antebellum period, the gens de couleur libres thrived as property owners, developers, building artisans, and patrons. Dudley writes an intimate microhistory of two prominent families of Black developers, the Dollioles and Souliés, to explore how gens de couleur libres used ownership, engagement, and entrepreneurship to construct individual and group identity and stability. With deep archival research, Dudley recreates in fine detail the material culture, business and social history, and politics of the built environment for free people of color and adds new, revelatory information to the canon on New Orleans architecture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1406 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556041910472

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NiSource Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc., Multi-species Habitat Conservation Plan, Application for Incidental Take Permit by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Skimin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015060828020

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Footprints of Heroes by Robert Skimin Pdf

Through personal stories and memorable vignettes, a former paratrooper, army aviator, and artillery officer offers a compelling look at American history by tracing the life paths of its heroes and heroines.

Author : Joseph Tyree Sneed
Publisher : Tysam Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105062287243

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Footprints on the Rocks of the Mountain by Joseph Tyree Sneed Pdf

Author : Helen H. Helfer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000094814575

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Footprints on the Land by Helen H. Helfer Pdf

Author : Jesse N. Mongrue M. Ed
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781462021642

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Liberia: America's Footprint in Africa by Jesse N. Mongrue M. Ed Pdf

The history of Liberia and the United States are closely tied together, but few people have taken the necessary steps to understand the complicated relationship between the two countries. Liberia: America's Footprint in Africa traces the history of an African nation whose fate is closely tied to an uprising of slaves that began on the island that is now Haiti. The violence there caused people in the United States to wonder about the future of slavery and blacks in their own nation. In this detailed history written by a Liberian educator, you'll discover: - how the American Colonization Society played a critical role in the creation of Liberia; - how courageous blacks living in the United States persevered in seeking freedom; - how Liberia is culturally, socially, and politically connected to the United States. Discover the rich history of two nations and why Liberia remains relevant today. Enriched with interviews of scholars, Liberian community elders and detailed research, Liberia: America's Footprint in Africa is a step-by-step account of an overlooked country.

Author : John Graves
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1990-02-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781682261385

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Town and Country by John Graves Pdf

A thoroughly researched and extensively documented look at race relations in Arkansas druing the forty years after the Civil War, Town and Country focuses on the gradual adjustment of black and white Arkansans to the new status of the freedman, in both society and law, after generations of practicing the racial etiquette of slavery. John Graves examines the influences of the established agrarian culture on the developing racial practices of the urban centers, where many blacks living in the towns were able to gain prominence as doctors, lawyers, successful entrepreneurs, and political leaders. Despite the tension, conflict, and disputes within and between the voice of the government and the voice of the people in an arduous journey toward compromise, Arkansas was one of the most progressive states during Reconstruction in desegregating its people. Town and Country makes a significant contribution to the history of the postwar South and its complex engagement with the race issue.

Author : Janet Ravare Colson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781105647024

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THE Creole Book by Janet Ravare Colson Pdf

Author : Shirley Laska
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783030272050

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Louisiana's Response to Extreme Weather by Shirley Laska Pdf

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book takes an in-depth look at Louisiana as a state which is ahead of the curve in terms of extreme weather events, both in frequency and magnitude, and in its responses to these challenges including recovery and enhancement of resiliency. Louisiana faced a major tropical catastrophe in the 21st century, and experiences the fastest rising sea level. Weather specialists, including those concentrating on sea level rise acknowledge that what the state of Louisiana experiences is likely to happen to many more, and not necessarily restricted to coastal states. This book asks and attempts to answer what Louisiana public officials, scientists/engineers, and those from outside of the state who have been called in to help, have done to achieve resilient recovery. How well have these efforts fared to achieve their goals? What might these efforts offer as lessons for those states that will be likely to experience enhanced extreme weather? Can the challenges of inequality be truly addressed in recovery and resilience? How can the study of the Louisiana response as a case be blended with findings from later disasters such as New York/New Jersey (Hurricane Sandy) and more recent ones to improve understanding as well as best adaptation applications – federal, state and local?