Summer 2016
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- “Homegrown Privileges Vanish in Exile: The History and Systems of Slavery Behind Wynton Marsalis’ Blood on the Fields” by Dr. Ibrahima Seck
- “Evangeline Downs: From Bush Tracks to Bright Lights in Acadiana” by Alan Broussard and Conni Castille
- “All Hail! Courtside with LSU’s Bengal Brass Band” by L. Kasimu Harris
- “Louisiana Olympians” by S. Derby Gisclair
- “Equal Play: The 1975 Northwestern State Lady Demons Led the Way for Title IX in Louisiana” by Shawn Ryder
- “Scorchers, Wheelmen, and Flyers: The Brief But Significant Life of Audubon Driving Track” by Lacar Musgrove
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Articles
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A Golden Pen
Sons of Winnfield
The Longs aren’t the only Winn Parish legends.
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Homegrown Privileges Vanish in Exile
The Whitney Plantation Slavery Museum’s director of research reflects on the central themes in Wynton Marsalis’ 1997 "Blood on the Fields"
Summer 2016
Top Mob
Ogden Museum showcases the history of New Orleans graffiti
Foodways
Family Business
Another generation of farmers brings Creole tomatoes to market
An Inventive, Inspired Inundation
Geographer's Space
Top of the Hill
Louisiana is the third lowest, third flattest state–and, topographically, among the most fascinating
Magazine
Evangeline Downs
From bush tracks to bright lights in Acadiana
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Scorchers, Wheelmen, and Flyers
The brief but significant life of Audubon Driving Park.
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