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A collection of nine short stories by Kate Chopin.

An escalating spiral of hatred and violence erupts between Marcus, a young prisoner bonded to work in the fields of the Herbert Plantation, and his Cajun overseer Sidney Bonbon.

Contains contemporary reviews of the works of nineteenth-century American novelist Kate Chopin, with a biographical sketch of the author, and a selection of critical essays from various time periods.

A collection of African American folklore that has formed an oral history of the South since the time of slavery.

In New Orleans in 1898, while her mother talks of saving to buy land and her father insists on the importance of an education, young Irish immigrant Maggie McCrary is determined to find her own way in the new place they call home.

Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, Northup published this exceptionally vivid and detailed account of slave life. It became an immediate bestseller and today is recognized for its unusual insight and eloquence as one of the very few portraits of American slavery produced by someone as educated as Solomon Northup, or by someone with the dual perspective of having been both a free man and a slave.--Page [4] of cover.

Chronicles the life of Faith Hathaway, whose brutal rape and murder was portrayed in the film "Dead Man Walking" and explores how the film, its popularity, and aftermath impacted Faith's family.

Beau Boutan, a Cajun farmer, is found shot on a Louisiana plantation. The claimants to the killing form a wall of protection around the real murderer.

Presents the investigation of journalist Sheri Fink into allegations of doctors in New Orleans' Memorial Medical Center using drugs to speed the passing of triage patients in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, when the hospital staff was overwhelmed with difficulties due to the storm.

Provides an analysis of the Plessy v. Ferguson case in which the Supreme Court ruled in favor of separate but equal accommodations on intrastate railroads, setting the stage for a system of legal segregation in the U.S., and includes a collection of primary source documents related to the case.