new orleans (la.)

In 1851, Elizabeth Parker, a free black child in Chester County, Pennsylvania, was bound and gagged, snatched from a local farm, and hurried off to a Baltimore slave pen. Two weeks later, her teenage sister, Rachel, was abducted from another Chester County farm. Because slave catchers could take fugitive slaves and free blacks across state lines to be sold, the border country of Pennsylvania/Maryland had become a dangerous place for most black people.

Presents the true story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges, who, in 1960, became the first African-American student to attend her elementary school in New Orleans.

Presents an annotated edition of the 1899 novel about a Victorian-era woman who finds passionate physical love with a young man she meets while on vacation; and includes biographical, historical, and cultural documents related to the novel's publication, and a selection of critical essays.

"Chronicles slaves' duties each day, from chopping logs on Mondays to baking bread on Wednesdays to plucking hens on Saturday, and builds to the freedom of Sundays and the special experience of an afternoon spent in Congo Square."--Provided by publisher.

Thirteen-year-old aspiring fashion designer Reesie Boone is eagerly anticipating her birthday when she can finally sew her first outfit on Ma Maw's sewing machine. But Hurricane Katrina hits her city of New Orleans while Reesie is home alone, and she is forced to escape in a boat along with her elderly neighbor, Miss Martine. Although Reesie is finally rejoined with her family, they still have a long journey to undertake before they can return home.

Julia, having decided to go to New Orleans with her youth group in order to get away from her messy life, meets Miles and spends the night dancing under the stars and sharing secrets. But, when a hurricane hits, Julia is forced to face reality.

Describes an encounter between New Orleans police and several black residents on the Danziger Bridge six days after Hurricane Katrina's landfall that ended in violence. Investigates the resulting cover-up, and the efforts to get the victims' families justice.

Looks at the events that occurred before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina.

Ten years after her family disappeared near the Bayou Rabineaux, Niquette and her two friends, Ben and Anthem, uncover the truth of what happened and they discover that another has the same powers that Niquette now has, but he is intent on using his newfound powers for revenge.

Civil rights activist David Champlain struggles to overcome racism in his New Orleans community.