From the G Bitch Spot, here’s an excerpt from her excerpt: When D.C. was teetering on the…
In 2000 I had the good fortune to shoot pictures of a UNESCO conference called, “Breaking the Silence: Teaching the Transatlantic Slave Trade,” hosted by Tulane’s Deep South Regional Humanities Center. One of the featured events of the conference was a tour led by Walter Johnson, author of the 1999 book Soul by Soul*. He took us to major sites of the slave trade in New Orleans, as well as a tour of Evergreen Plantation. I recently came across those negatives and decided to finally read his book. Here are a few excerpts:
(source: New Orleans Public Library) Louis Armstrong from Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans: That neighborhood [Back…
We caught the Uptown Swingers Social Aid & Pleasure Club (love those pink suits!) featuring the To…
I don’t watch much baseball anymore (okay, hardly/if any), but even I know this is embarrassing in…
I’ll provide more impressions tomorrow, but here’s video of me asking McCain if he would debate in…