Day: January 14, 2014

  • Concubinage Law Reaches Negro Only Lafayette Adviser Lafayette, Louisiana Friday, 1910-04-29 page 1, columns 3-4 Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress) By Vote of 3 to 2 Supreme Court Upholds Decision of the Lower Court. LOUISIANA STATUTE HELD TO BE OF LIMITED SCOPE. Mulattoes, Quadroons and Octaroons Not  included—Opinion Read by Justice…

  • Challenging a Pan-African Identity: The Autobiographical Writings of Maya Angelou, Barack Obama, and Caryl Phillips Journal of American Studies Volume 45, Issue 3 (August 2011) pages 483-502 DOI: 10.1017/S0021875810002410 Gregory D. Smithers, Visiting Associate Professor of History Virginia Commonwealth University In her 1986 book All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes, Maya Angelou reflected on the…