403. Maggie Collins

403. Our interview with Maggie Collins about her novel, Celestial Blue Skies. In Belle Place, Louisiana, where the sugarcane grows a mile high to the bright blue sky, Celeste struggles with her mentally ill mother, Tut, and works with her grandmother Maymay to hold the Creole Bastille family together.

1. This week in Louisiana history. February, 6, 1682. LaSalle began his journey down the Mississippi River.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Wilson "Willie Tee" Turbinton is born. February 6, 1944. Born in New Orleans on February 6, 1944, Wilson Turbinton (known as Tee and Willie Tee) arranged, co-wrote and led the band on the Wild Magnolias' self-titled 1974 debut album. The popularity of that recording, and the subsequent They Call Us Wild introduced the Mardi Gras Indians' street-beat funk to the world.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   African American Heritage Trail
   They blazed many trails. Now retrace their footsteps.
   Walk the streets where jazz was born. Learn about America's first black governor. Hear how enslaved blacks fled the plantations to fight for the Union army. And how one man's refusal to move from his seat on a train led to a long struggle against segregation and the eventual triumph of the Civil Rights movement. It all happened right here, in a place like no other. Louisiana. Over 40 sites around the state, you can start with the ones near you.
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Blue Eyes on Royal St.
   

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