Tag: Arthé Anthony

  • Between 1920 and 1949, Collins documented African American life, capturing images of graduations, communions, and recitals, and allowing her subjects to help craft their images. She supported herself and her family throughout the Great Depression and in the process created an enduring pictorial record of her particular time and place. Collins left behind a visual…

  • “Lost Boundaries”: Racial Passing and Poverty in Segregated New Orleans The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association Volume 36, Number 3 (Summer, 1995) pages 291-312 Arthé A. Anthony, Professor of American Studies, Emeritus Occidental College, Los Angeles On sunny summer Sunday afternoons in Harlem when the air is one interminable ball game and grandma cannot…

  • Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana’s Free People of Color Louisiana State University Press August 2000 344 pages Trim: 6 x 9 , Illustrations: 14 halftones Paper ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-2601-1 Edited by: Sybil Kein (born Consuela Marie Moore), Distinguished Professor of English Emerita University of Michigan The word Creole evokes a richness rivaled only by…