Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood

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Economy Hall: New Book Reveals More Than a Century of Hidden Black American History With Economy Hall, author Fatima Shaik brings to light the free Black New Orleans brotherhood that supported its community through slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, white terrorism, and the birth of jazz. One hundred years of elaborate handwritten journals recovered from the [...]