Black life in old New Orleans
By: by Keith Weldon Medley
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Gretna
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781589805644; 9781455619382
Subjects: African Americans; History; Social life and customs; Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272)and index.
Table of contents: title: 1790s: inside Old Treme; title: 1800s: Congo Square: African seeds in American soil; title: 1837: the Will of the Widow Couvent; title: 1912: the Woods directory; title: 1900s: growing up Satchmo; title: 1928: educators for a new society; title: 1929: Fannie C. Williams: a pioneer in public education; title: 1940s: Wright speaks!; title: 1954: the life and times of Lincoln Beach; title: 1950s: A.P. Tureaud and the Martinet Society; title: 1960: two, four, six, eight; title: 1961: lighting freedom's torch; title: 1960s: Mardi Gras through the ages; title: 2000: sire to son, chief to chief; title: New Orleans in the decade of change.