Gallier Gathering: Afro-Creole Poetic Activism in Civil War-Era New Orleans

For this month's virtual Gallier Gathering, assistant professor at Université Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia Clint Bruce will discuss the history of the group of Creole activists in New Orleans during the 19th century. This community of free people of color stood in solidarity with the formerly enslaved population that existed after the Civil War and they produced two successive newspapers, written in their French language, L'Union, founded in 1862 and La Tribute de la Nouvelle-Orleans (1864-70), which was the first  lack daily published in America. Bruce, whose research focuses on the Acadian diaspora and francophone identities in Louisiana, will examine how French language poetry articulated these activists' vision for the future. 6 pm–7 pm. Free. Register at hgghh.org.