Derek Bridges
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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:

Derek Bridges
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I’ll provide more impressions tomorrow, but here’s video of me asking McCain if he would debate in New Orleans: … and here’s his whole speech: … meanwhile, I appear briefly tonight as Mister at the G Bitch Spot.

Derek Bridges
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My father is in town for the Louisiana Watercolor Society’s 38th Annual Exhibition where his painting Guard Duty is on display: © David M. Bridges The opening reception will be held today from 3-5 p.m. at Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Avenue.  Come meet…

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Derek Bridges
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(photo credit: code poet) Kid drops out of school at the age of 14. Hangs out with unsavory characters and learns how to be a thug. He turns 18 and moves out of the family house on the West Bank–parents, six brothers and two sisters–to…

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