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The use of race in studies of insanity in the 1840s and 1850s gave rise to politically charged theories on the differential biology and path…
From his birth in 1807 to his death in 1864 as Sherman's troops marched in triumph toward South Carolina, James Henry Hammond witnessed the …
Nearly every American can cite at least one of the accomplishments of George Washington Carver. The many tributes honoring his contributions…
Similar in scope to H. H. Cunningham's Doctors in Gray, George Worthington Adams' Doctors in Blue, originally published more than forty year…
Joy J. Jackson's Where the River Runs Deep tells two stories--both significant and both fascinating. It is a biography of the author's fathe…
Walt Whitman Award "This is a splendid book, morally serious, poetically authentic, spiritually discerning." -- C. K. Williams, from his jud…
Throughout the Jim Crow era, southern police departments played a vital role in the maintenance of white supremacy. Police targeted African …
This is an altogether engaging collection of ruminations on early New Orleans writers -- George Washington Cable, Grace King, Lafcadio Hearn…
Bayou D'Arbonne Swamp addresses the vibrant natural, cultural, and social history of a north Louisiana swamp. Kelby Ouchley grew up near Bay…
Cassandra Harrell remembers watching her grandmother, Big Mama, fry hot-water corn bread in a well-seasoned cast-iron skillet on her electri…
