In the 1960s and 1970s, New Orleans experienced one of the greatest transformations in its history. Its people replaced Jim Crow, fought a War on Poverty, and emerged with glittering skyscrapers, professional football, and a building so large it had to be called the Superdome. New Orleans after the Promises looks back at that era to explore how a few thousand locals tried to bring the Great Society to Dixie. With faith in God and American progress, they believed that they could conquer poverty, confront racism, establish civic order, and expand the economy. At a time when liberalism seemed to be on the wane nationally, black and white citizens in New Orleans cautiously partnered with each other and with the federal government to expand liberalism in the South. As Kent Germany examines how the civil rights, antipoverty, and therapeutic initiatives of the Great Society dovetailed with the struggles of black New Orleanians for full citizenship, he defines an emerging public/private governing apparatus that he calls the "Soft State": a delicate arrangement involving constituencies as varied as old-money civic leaders and Black Power proponents who came together to sort out the meanings of such new federal programs as Community Action, Head Start, and Model Cities. While those diverse groups struggled--violently on occasion--to influence the process of racial inclusion and the direction of economic growth, they dramatically transformed public life in one of America's oldest cities. While many wonder now what kind of city will emerge after Katrina, New Orleans after the Promises offers a detailed portrait of the complex city that developed after its last epic reconstruction.
In the preface to this new edition, Piazza considers how far the city has come in the decade since Katrina, as well as the challenges it still faces—and reminds us that people in threatened communities across America have much to learn ...
Surveying the two centuries that preceded Jim Crow’s demise, Race and Education in New Orleans traces the course of the city’s education system from the colonial period to the start of school desegregation in 1960.
... “Housewives' Grocery in Operation,” New Orleans Item, April 17, 1921, 2; “Co-op Store Has Big Future,” 13 (second quotation); “Funeral Today” 3 (third quotation). 102. Michael Mizell-Nelson, “Interracial Unionism Meets the Open Shop ...
This full-length novel is the conclusion of the Devil’s Series Duet that begins with the prequel “Fate’s Demand”, continues in DEVIL’S DEAL, and concludes in ANGEL’S PROMISE.
A critical collection on the politics of disaster and reconstruction in New Orleans
31, 2004; Susan Finch, “School Board Drops Consulting Company: Firm Found Myriad Financial Problems,” Times-Picayune, December 16, 2003. 25. Louisiana Department of Education, “School Standards, Accountability, and Assistance: ...
... Deadly promises , if you ask me . Do you suppose they were promised work here ? Was that why they put themselves through this ? ” " Probably . What kind of work is the question ? ” " They all appear to have brought their purses and look ...
See Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Coolidge, Calvin, 67 Cumming, William R., 45 Davenport, Bruce, 23 Davies, John, 130 Davis, Dorothy, 43–44 Davis, Lawrence, 43–44 Davis, Mark, 18 Davis, Tom, 55 DeBlieux, Peter, 81, 129 deBoisblanc, ...
Grace Lichtenstein and Laura Dankner, Musical Gumbo: The Music of New Orleans (New York: W. W. Norton, 1993), 72–79; John Broven, Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans (Gretna, La.: Pelican, 1978), 105. 60. Scherman, Backbeat, 84–85; Broven, ...
Overcoming Katrina tells the stories of 27 New Orleanians as they fought to survive Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.