{"title":"Race and Politics Books","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"afrocreole-thnoc-book","title":"Afro-Creole Poetry in French from Louisiana’s Radical Civil War–Era Newspapers: A Bilingual Edition","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden\"\u003eAfro-Creole Poetry in French from Louisiana’s Radical Civil War–Era Newspapers: A Bilingual Edition\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden\"\u003eTranslated and introduced by Clint Bruce, with a foreword by Angel Adams Parham\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-hidden\"\u003eAs the United States descended into civil war, the influential community of French-speaking free people of color in New Orleans struck back against racial hostility by founding newspapers:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eL’Union: mémorial politique, littéraire et progressiste\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eappeared in 1862, succeeded by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Tribune de la Nouvelle-Orléans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1864. Collected here for the first time, the poetry printed in these papers unveils hidden verse conversations among a network of activist authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field field-name-field-book-info field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"field-item even\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original French poems appear alongside Clint Bruce’s sensitive English translations. A comprehensive introduction, biographies of the poets, and extensive annotations immerse readers in Civil War–era Louisiana. New evidence of a poetic hoax debuts in the volume, along with long-lost, recently discovered issues of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethat report on the 1866 Mechanics’ Institute massacre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranslated and introduced by Clint Bruce, with a foreword by Angel Adams Parham\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished in 2020 by HNOC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover, 7.5\" x 11\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e384 pages; 20 black and white images\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-0-917860-79-9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAwards and Honors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWinner of the 2021 Lois Roth Award, recognizing outstanding efforts in translation by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/www.mla.org\/Resources\/Career\/MLA-Grants-and-Awards\/Award-Submissions-and-Nominations\/Competitions-for-MLA-Publication-Awards\/Annual-Prizes-with-Competitions-in-2022\/Lois-Roth-Award\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mla.org\/Resources\/Career\/MLA-Grants-and-Awards\/Award-Submissions-and-Nominations\/Competitions-for-MLA-Publication-Awards\/Annual-Prizes-with-Competitions-in-2022\/Lois-Roth-Award\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" id=\"OWA035180b1-cf5d-99a5-dc92-2cd499ce71b0\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eModern Language Association\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWinner of a 2021 Vindie Award by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/sibaweb.com\/page\/sibaland_20210916?\u0026amp;hhsearchterms=%22vindie%22\" href=\"https:\/\/sibaweb.com\/page\/sibaland_20210916?\u0026amp;hhsearchterms=%22vindie%22\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" id=\"OWAc0e5126c-d62b-ad48-c9ff-678de6ac44b4\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSoutheastern Independent Booksellers Alliance\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonglist selection for the National Translation Award in Poetry,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/literarytranslators.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/02\/announcing-the-2021-national-translation-awards-in-poetry-and-prose-longlists-2\/\" href=\"https:\/\/literarytranslators.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/02\/announcing-the-2021-national-translation-awards-in-poetry-and-prose-longlists-2\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" id=\"OWA0c05ef47-6a5e-1e91-a264-854bce17b246\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmerican Literary Translators Association\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHonorable Mention: Leadership in History Awards,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/aaslh.org\/2021-leadership-in-history-award-winners\/\" href=\"https:\/\/aaslh.org\/2021-leadership-in-history-award-winners\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" id=\"OWA0f60a0a5-c8f6-7983-7917-10c84ad2fac8\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmerican Association for State and Local History\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHonorable Mention:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/www.aam-us.org\/programs\/awards-competitions\/2021-museum-publications-design-competition-winners\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aam-us.org\/programs\/awards-competitions\/2021-museum-publications-design-competition-winners\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" id=\"OWAcd52e228-8737-9664-80cc-0965942d0b97\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmerican Alliance of Museums Competition, Publication Design\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eAfro-Creole Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e“[A]dds significantly to the corpus of French-language poetry published in 19th-century Louisiana. . . . Bruce’s translations, annotated and placed alongside the original verse, are masterful. . . . His extensive historical and contextual introduction and the biographies of the poets are invaluable resources. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.”\u003cbr\u003e—A. J. Guillaume Jr.,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/www.choice360.org\/choice-pick\/the-top-75-community-college-titles-march-edition\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.choice360.org\/choice-pick\/the-top-75-community-college-titles-march-edition\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" id=\"OWAdad09344-70fc-c3d5-61f8-e827d7f6e237\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCHOICE Magazine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e“Bruce’s archival excavations [demonstrate] a remarkable achievement for several fields of historical, cultural, and literary studies. [The volume] is to be praised for bringing to full light courageous voices who channeled and amplified the energy needed in the present for changing the future.”\u003cbr\u003e—Caterina Bernardini,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55520\/DSW5S6VH\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55520\/DSW5S6VH\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" id=\"OWAab8230d8-8a6d-681d-91ae-3caa92752dab\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eScholarly Editing\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“[A] stellar edition and translation. . . . significantly enhances our knowledge of Black writing and print culture in the nineteenth-century US.”\u003cbr\u003e—Nicholas T. 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Greenwald, with essays by William Keyse Rudolph and Patricia Brady\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulien Hudson, born in 1811 in New Orleans, was the son of a property-owning free woman of color and a white English merchant, ironmonger, and ship chandler. Hudson began painting in the mid-1820s, training first in New Orleans and later in Paris. Little is known about his personal life, outside of scattered details found in a handful of public documents and a pair of early 20th-century reminiscences by former student George Coulon and prominent Creole of color Rodolphe Desdunes. This carefully researched volume is the most thorough examination to date of Julien Hudson and his world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdited and with an introduction by Erin M. 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Mitchell, Barrington S. Edwards, and Nick Weldon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMonumental\u003c\/em\u003e tells, for the first time, the incredible story of Oscar James Dunn, a New Orleanian born into slavery who became America’s first Black lieutenant governor and acting governor. A champion of universal suffrage, civil rights, and integrated public schools, Dunn fought for radical change during the early years of Reconstruction in Louisiana, a post–Civil War era rife with corruption, subterfuge, and violence. In life, allies and rivals praised him for his integrity and political talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter his mysterious death, at the height of his feud with Governor Henry Clay Warmoth, New Orleans honored Dunn with one of the largest funeral processions in its history, and he was hailed as an African American icon. The state approved a monument to be erected in his memory, but it was never built. Dunn’s accomplishments, and those of many other Black politicians who emerged during Reconstruction, faded from memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA graphic history informed by newly discovered primary sources, Monumental resurrects, in vivid detail, Louisiana and New Orleans after the Civil War—and presents an iconic American life that never should have been forgotten. Contextual essays, a map, timeline, and endnotes add layers of depth to the narrative. Monumental is a story of determination, scandal, betrayal—and how one man’s principled fight for equality and justice may have cost him everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy Brian K. Mitchell, Barrington S. 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Sexy and shrewd, she quickly went from streetwalker to madam and by 1920 had opened what became a legendary house of prostitution. There she entertained a steady stream of governors, gangsters, and movie stars until she was arrested at last in 1962. Shortly before she died in 1974, she tape-recorded her memories — the scandalous stories of a powerful woman who had the city's politicians in her pocket and whose lovers included the twenty-five-year-old boy next door, whom she married when she was sixty-four. 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Reading Ruby's intuitive and inspirational responses, young readers will embrace the courage to be brave, bold, and confident.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDear Ruby,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMy name is Olivia. Thank you for sharing your story. It made me want to be brave and stand up to make a change. You showed me to not give up when something is unfair. You can make it change, no matter what. I bet you were scared just like me. You said that if someone or something is putting you down, you get back up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMy heart heard that, and I am trying to be more like you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSincerely,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOlivia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e___________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMy dearest Olivia,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI am so pleased you wrote to me, especially about standing up. 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