Black History Month Program: A Monumental Task
A Monumental Task: How Brian K. Mitchell unearthed the story of his famous ancestor Oscar Dunn, America’s first Black lieutenant governor.
Brian K. Mitchell, the author of Monumental: Oscar Dunn’s Radical Fight in Reconstruction Louisiana, and The Historic New Orleans Collection’s Nick Weldon, the book’s editor, are to discuss the origins of the research and book along with Mitchell’s personal connection to Dunn in a virtual discussion on the Louisiana Book Festival Facebook page. Noon.
