Black Life in Old New Orleans

by Keith Medley

Overview

African Americans, their city, and their past. Capturing 300 years of history and focusing on African American communities' social, cultural, and political pasts, this book captures a significant portion of the diversity that is New Orleans. Author Keith Weldon Medley's research encompasses Congo Square, Old Treme, Louis Armstrong, Fannie C. Williams, Mardi Gras, and more in this groundbreaking work. He creates a comprehensive history of New Orleans and the black experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589805644
Publisher:	Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/16/2014
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Born in New Orleans, Keith Weldon Medley grew up in the Faubourg Marigny not far from where Homer Plessy lived. He attended St. Augustine High School and graduated from Southern University at New Orleans with a BA in sociology and psychology. A two-time recipient of publication initiative grants from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Medley has published articles in American Legacy, Louisiana Cultural Vistas, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and other periodicals. We as Freemen: Plessy v. Ferguson is expanded from an article he wrote for Smithsonian. Medley is the author of Black Life in Old New Orleans, also published by Pelican.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

Introduction 11

Chapter 1 1790s: Inside Old Treme 17

Chapter 2 1800s: Congo Square-African Seeds in American Soil 43

Chapter 3 1837: The Will of the Widow Couvent 63

Chapter 4 1912: The Woods Directory 79

Chapter 5 1900s: Growing Up Satchmo 103

Chapter 6 1928: Educators for a New Society 121

Chapter 7 1929: Fannie C. Williams-a Pioneer in Public Education 135

Chapter 8 1940s: Wright Speaks! 143

Chapter 9 1954: The Life and Times of Lincoln Beach 159

Chapter 10 1950s: A. P. Tureaud and the Martinet Society 169

Chapter 11 1960: Two, Four, Six, Eight 177

Chapter 12 1961: Lighting Freedom's Torch 187

Chapter 13 1960s: Mardi Gras through the Ages 201

Chapter 14 2000: Sire to Son, Chief to Chief 221

Chapter 15 New Orleans in the Decade of Change 233

Notes 253

Selected Bibliography 269

Index 273