The Glorious Eighth of January
Magazine, Winter 2014
January 2015 marked the 200-year anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans
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Magazine Articles
Sailing While Black
Magazine, Spring 2020
The story of free black sailors trapped in Louisiana’s slave prisons
The Other “Undocumented” Workers
Magazine, Winter 2023
Illegal free Black labor in antebellum New Orleans
Buffalo Bill and the Mardi Gras Indians
Fall 1992, Magazine
The designation Mardi Gras Indian has become a mask in itself, spurring widespread confusion in outside communities about just who or what they are
Huey Long vs. The Media
Magazine, Summer 2018
In his clashes with the press, the Kingfish used legislation, slander, and even physical force to control the message
Encyclopedia Entries
LGBTQ+ Rights Movement in Louisiana
History
Queer people have long been part of Louisiana’s history, but the political movement for LGBTQ+ rights emerged slowly in the late twentieth century.
Magazine Articles
What Might Have Happened at Manchac
Geographer's Space, Magazine, Winter 2022
New Orleans was nearly relocated to a site near Baton Rouge
Mistress of the Haunted House
Magazine, Summer 2012
Delphine Lalaurie was run out of New Orleans in 1834 when it was discovered she was torturing her slaves.
A Priest on the Color Line
Magazine, Winter 2020
In New Orleans and Breaux Bridge, Father Antoine Borias navigated race and saved souls
United for Justice
Fall 2020, Magazine
How two Black-owned newspapers launched Louisiana’s civil rights struggle
