University Of New Orleans Press: 3 books
New Orleans Griot
The Tom Dent Reader
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
A mid-twentieth century African American writer and cultural activist, Tom Dent worked tirelessly to help cultivate the Black Arts Movement, mentoring numerous other artists and writers. Taken from his papers held at the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans, this vital collection brings together...
The Story of Dan Bright
Crime, Corruption and Injustice in the Crescent City
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Everybody knows New Orleans, but nobody knows this New Orleans. At sixteen years old, Dan Bright was the head of a New Orleans drug empire. As his operation grew, it was only a matter of time before he attracted the attention of the criminal justice system, which would stop at nothing―including framing...
We Are Syrians
three generations. three dissidents.
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
What would you do to protect your freedom? Would you risk your reputation? Undergo interrogation, detainment, and abuse? Would you continue even when your friends and colleagues started going missing? Continue despite the threats? Would you leave everything behind, leave the only home you’ve ever known,...