Tag: Darryl G. Barthé

Becoming American in Creole New Orleans: family, community, labor and schooling, 1896-1949

2016-06-18

Becoming American in Creole New Orleans: family, community, labor and schooling, 1896-1949 University of Sussex May 2015 371 pages Darryl G. Barthé, Jr. Doctorate of Philosophy in History The Louisiana Creole community in New Orleans went through profound changes in the first half of the 20th-century. This work examines Creole ethnic identity, focusing particularly on the transition…
The first Africans to arrive in North America did not arrive as slaves and almost certainly did not conceive of themselves as “negros.”

2012-04-22

The first Africans to arrive in North America did not arrive as slaves and almost certainly did not conceive of themselves as “negros.” The word, appropriated from the Latin word for “black” was a descriptive device divorced from any cultural or historical context for these people. Over time, that descriptive device would become a social…
Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority

2012-03-11

“Obama and the Biracial Factor” is the first book to explore the significance of mixed-race identity as a key factor in the election of President Obama and examines the sociological and political relationship between race, power, and public policy in the United States with an emphasis on public discourse and ethnic representation in his election.

Mixed Race Studies