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American Book Award 2022

Name: 19th Century New Orleans Free Black Brotherhood
Start: 2021-03-11T10:00:00-08:00
Location: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/202

Humanities Book of the Year

2022

Louisiana Writer Award 2021

ECONOMY HALL: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF A FREE BLACK BROTHERHOOD

Published by The Historic New Orleans Collection

”illuminating and compulsively readable."
Read Your Way Through New Orleans
The New York Times 2024

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Great Reads from Great Places,
Library of Congress, National Book Festival 2022

"'Economy Hall' is so inviting that the true depth of its scholarship is revealed only in its bibliography, which lists dozens of archival and other sources. Shaik's monumental book....is lyrical and mysterious and always captivating." The New York Times (The Shortlist, 2021)

19th Century New Orleans Free Black Brotherhood

Thu, Mar 11

https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/202

Join the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco for a livestream virtual discussion with Fatima Shaik about New Orleans' vibrant and singular French-speaking Creole Culture.

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19th Century New Orleans Free Black Brotherhood

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Mar 11, 2021, 10:00 AM PST

https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/202

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