Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans duck decoys Thibodeaux brings writerly flair and

Thibodeaux brings writerly flair and deft narrative to these largely untold stories of a resilient folk whose very way of life is under siege

John set the parameters for coverage from the north side of Orleans to the south side of Esplanade Avenue and from the west side of North Broad to both banks of Moss Street

and editor since 1964 on the East Coast

published numerous articles and several books

Michele Valerie Ronnick

Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans duck decoys Thibodeaux brings writerly flair andAfrican Roots in New Orleans by Freddi Williams Evans; Foreword by J. H. Kwabena 'Nketia, Ph. D. Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans comprises the first comprehensive study of one of the New Worlds most sacred sites of African American memory and community. Beginning in the eighteenth century, enslaved Africans and free people of color gathered in Congo Square on Sunday afternoons discontinuously for well over one hundred years. This book