Part 2 of Adam Fairclough's visit to the Louisiana Anthology Podcast to discuss his research on race relations in Louisiana. His book, Bulldozed and Betrayed: Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876,
discusses the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of Jim Crow.
Prior to the 2020 presidential election, historians considered the
disputed 1876 contest — which pitted Republican Rutherford B. Hayes
against Democrat Samuel J. Tilden — the most controversial in American
history.
Friday, November 15, 2024
Saturday, November 9, 2024
599. Adam Fairclough, part 1
599. Part 1 of Adam Fairclough's visit to the Louisiana Anthology Podcast to discuss his research on race relations in Louisiana. His book, Bulldozed and Betrayed: Louisiana and the Stolen Elections of 1876, discusses the end of Reconstruction and the beginning of Jim Crow. Prior to the 2020 presidential election, historians considered the disputed 1876 contest -- which pitted Republican Rutherford B. Hayes against Democrat Samuel J. Tilden -- the most controversial in American history.
Sunday, November 3, 2024
598. Liz Ellis, Part 2.
598. Part 2 of our conversation with Liz Ellis about The
Great Power of Small Nations. Ellis (Peoria) tells the stories of the many
smaller Native American nations that shaped the development of
the Gulf South. Based on extensive archival research and oral
histories, Ellis’s narrative chronicles how diverse Indigenous
peoples—including Biloxis, Choctaws, Chitimachas, Chickasaws,
Houmas, Mobilians, and Tunicas—influenced and often challenged
the growth of colonial Louisiana.
Friday, October 25, 2024
597. Liz Ellis, part 1.
597. Part 1 of Liz Ellis joining us to discuss her excellent book, The Great Power of Small
Nations. Part 1.Large Power of Small Nations. Part 1.
In The Great Power of Small Nations, Elizabeth N. Ellis (Peoria) tells
the stories of the many smaller Native American nations that shaped the
development of the Gulf South. Based on extensive archival research and
oral histories, Ellis’s narrative chronicles how diverse Indigenous
peoples—including Biloxis, Choctaws, Chitimachas, Chickasaws, Houmas,
Mobilians, and Tunicas—influenced and often challenged the growth of
colonial Louisiana.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
596. Myra Lavigne. Rise St. James
596. Today we talk to Myra Lavigne, a volunteer with Rise St. James. Rise
St. James is a faith-based grassroots organization that is
fighting for environmental justice as it works to defeat the
proliferation of petrochemical industries in St. James Parish,
Louisiana. Nicknamed “Cancer Alley” for the above-average rates
of cancer there, the area is home to a high concentration of
polluting industries.
Sunday, October 13, 2024
595. Derby Gisclair on Hadacol
595. Our old friend Derby Gisclair returns to
talk about his research into Louisiana politician and snake oil salesman
(to the degree they're different!) Dudley J. LeBlanc. "Coozan Dud" was a
moderately successful Louisiana politician and a wildly successful
salesman of Hadacol, the patent medicine. He hosted a traveling variety
show to sell the elixir he created in his bathtub with vitamins, other
ingredients, hydrochloric acid, and 12% alcohol. Join us to learn more
about this drink that's good for what ails you.
Saturday, October 5, 2024
594. Nick Douglas. Jazz, Part 2.
594. Part 2 of our interview with Nick Douglas about New Orleans jazz and civil
rights. “I am working with my filmmaking
partner Doug Harris on a documentary called the Reconnect: The
Untold History of Jazz. It is a true story about the actual
formation of jazz in the only place it could have formed: New
Orleans. But it is more it identifies for the first time New
Orleans as the cradle of the Civil Rights Movement.
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