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Shaik, Fatima

 
9780917860898: Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0917860896 ISBN 13 : 9780917860898
Editeur : Historic New Orleans Collection,U.S., 2022

Synopsis

Selected by Kirkus for "Best of 2021: Our Favorite Nonfiction"

It is impossible to imagine New Orleans, and by extension American history, without the vibrant and singular Creole culture. In the face of an oppressive white society, members of the Société d'Economie et d'Assistance Mutuelle built a community and held it together through the era of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow terrorism. Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood follows Ludger Boguille, his family, and friends through landmark events--from the Haitian Revolution to the birth of jazz--that shaped New Orleans and the United States.

The story begins with the author's father rescuing a century's worth of handwritten journals, in French, from a trash hauler's pickup truck. From the journals' pages emerged one of the most important multiethnic, intellectual communities in the US South: educators, world-traveling merchants, soldiers, tradesmen, and poets. Although Louisiana law classified them as men of color, Negroes, and Blacks, the Economie brothers rejected racism and colorism to fight for suffrage and education rights for all.

A descendant of the Economie's community, author Fatima Shaik has constructed a meticulously detailed nonfiction narrative that reads like an epic novel.

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À propos de l'auteur

Fatima Shaik, a former professor and journalist, is a trustee of PEN America and author of six previous short story collections and young adult novels. Economy Hall is her first nonfiction work.

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Éditeur
Historic New Orleans Collection,U.S.
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0917860896
ISBN 13 
9780917860898
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
544
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
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4831 GR
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