Category: Louisiana

  • “[She] Passed Down Orleans Street, a Polished Dandy”: The Queer Race Romance of Ludwig von Reizenstein’s The Mysteries of New Orleans Studies in American Fiction Volume 43, Issue 1, Spring 2016 pages 27-50 DOI: 10.1353/saf.2016.0005 Lauren Heintz Department of English California State University, Los Angeles Ludwig von Reizenstein’s sensational, serialized novel, The Mysteries of New…

  • A lost classic of America’s neglected German-language literary tradition, “The Mysteries of New Orleans” by Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein first appeared as a serial in the Louisiana Staats-Zeitung, a New Orleans German-language newspaper, between 1854 and 1855.

  • On Becoming Black, Becoming White and Being Human: Rachel Dolezal and the Fluidity of Race Truthdig 2015-06-18 Channing G. Joseph Library of Congress For decades, no one knew my cousin Ernest Torregano was black. At least, no one who mattered in his new life. Not the clients or associates of the prominent bankruptcy law firm…

  • New Orleans II: the Halloween Ghost Post The History Tourist 2015-10-31 Susan Kalasunas My first chance to encounter a ghost at the Bourbon Orleans Hotel in New Orleans came not long after check-in. “Can we see the ballroom?” I asked the receptionist. “Yes. We don’t have an event tonight, but the doors should be open.…

  • A Son of the Wealthiest Planter in the South Convicted of a Great Crime. The Anderson Intellingencer Anderson Court House., South Carolina Thursday Morning, 1875-05-20 (Volume X, Number 44) page 1, column 3 Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. United States Library of Congress. “William S. Calhoun, convicted of forgery on evidence of his quadroon…

  • Off the record: Wright State’s Natasha McPherson pulls histories of Creole women from obscure public documents Dialogue: Newsletter for Faculty & Staff Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 2015-02-03 Jim Hannah, Assistant Director of Public Relations Natasha McPherson, an assistant professor of history, has spent 10 years documenting the previously untold history of Creole women. With…

  • Meet Yaba Blay WUNC 91.5 North Carolina Public Radio 2016-03-07 Charlie Shelton, Digital News Producer Frank Stasio, Host “The State of Things” Yaba Blay is the Dan Blue Endowed Chair in Political Science at N.C. Central University Sabriya Simon Growing up in New Orleans, Yaba Blay saw firsthand the different roles one navigates as an…

  • The Convention for the reconstruction of Louisiana, now in session at New Orleans, is one of the smallest affairs in the way of brains ever before assembled in the United States. It is composed of cooks, boot-blacks, field-hands, bureau officers, and men unknown five miles from their place of residence.

  • On ‘Jackson Five Nostrils,’ Creole vs. ‘Negro’ and Beefing Over Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’ ColorLines 2016-02-08 Yaba Blay, Dan Blue Endowed Chair & Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina As you know, the video for Beyoncé Knowles’ “Formation” does the most, from invoking police violence, to flashing back to Hurricane…

  • Viewing Los Angeles Through a Creole Lens The New York Times 2016-01-21 Farai Chideya The pulse of the train on the tracks sets a rhythm as its passenger cars seem to skim over Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. These six miles of nothing but sky above and water below are the gateway into the city…