507. Part 1 of our conversation with Andrew Wegmann. Andrew believes that the introduction of concepts of whiteness, purity of blood
and legitimacy of kin under the Spanish caused a transformation
within the New Orleans coloured community. As generations of
mixed-race men and women emerged from interracial families
established during the late French Period, Spanish social and
legal practices permeated the New Orleans cultural landscape.
Suddenly, new ideas of racial science, mixture and definition
appeared in law, gradually affecting social intercourse. The
ambiguous awareness of mulâtres and nègres under
the French gave way to a regimented taxonomy of ‘races’ and
‘hybrids’ developed over more than a century in Latin America
and the Caribbean and manifested in the social and racial
identities of the New Orleans mixed-race community. Andrew N.
Wegmann is the T. Harry Williams Fellow in History at Louisiana
State University. His work on racial identity and social
practice in the antebellum USA has appeared in multiple edited
collections and journals.
and legitimacy of kin under the Spanish caused a transformation
within the New Orleans coloured community. As generations of
mixed-race men and women emerged from interracial families
established during the late French Period, Spanish social and
legal practices permeated the New Orleans cultural landscape.
Suddenly, new ideas of racial science, mixture and definition
appeared in law, gradually affecting social intercourse. The
ambiguous awareness of mulâtres and nègres under
the French gave way to a regimented taxonomy of ‘races’ and
‘hybrids’ developed over more than a century in Latin America
and the Caribbean and manifested in the social and racial
identities of the New Orleans mixed-race community. Andrew N.
Wegmann is the T. Harry Williams Fellow in History at Louisiana
State University. His work on racial identity and social
practice in the antebellum USA has appeared in multiple edited
collections and journals.
- This week in Louisiana history. February 3, 1753. Kerlerec
arrives to take over Louisiana Colony. - This week in New Orleans history. Mardi Gras/Carnival Day
can fall on any Tuesday between February 3 and March 9
(depending on the date of Easter).
- This week in Louisiana.
See a rare MLK Hearse Exhibit at the Convention Center
The New Orleans Morial Convention Center
Julia St. Entrance
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Now through February 27.
“Carrying
on the Dream” which features a rare display of the
hearse that carried prominent civil rights leader, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.’s body, at the time of his death more than 50
years ago.
The 1966 Cadillac Superior Coach hearse is on loan from Todd
Graves, founder and CEO of Raising Cane’s, who led the efforts
to bring the exhibit to New Orleans to remind young people
what Martin Luther King, Jr. contributed to society. The
exhibit which was brought to New Orleans to honor Black
History Month will be on display in Lobby A of the Convention
Center near the Julia Street Entrance every day from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. through February 27. The exhibit is open to the public
and free of charge courtesy of New Orleans and Company, The
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, and Raising
Cane’s Chicken Fingers.
- Postcards from Louisiana. Royal St. singer.
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