An 1845 map of New Orleans shows the world the Société d’Economie’s members (chronicled in Fatima Shaik's new book) walked in, one that's familiar in Hudson and throughout the country with its ...

The story behind Fatima Shaik’s new book, “Economy Hall: The History of a Free Black Brotherhood in New Orleans,” is enough to make you believe in fate. When the old building that housed Economy Hall ...

Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhoodby Fatima Shaik (The Historic New Orleans Collection, February 25, 2021, $34.95). Out today, Feb. 25, from retired Saint Peter’s University ...

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On this week's Reading Life, Susan Larson interviews Fatima Shaik about her new book, “Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood.” Fatima Shaik discusses her book, "Economy Hall: ...

Unpacking the interconnected cultures of New Orleans is no small feat. One mix that doesn’t get as much attention are the people of Bengali and African lineage, reflective of an influx of South Asians ...

“In Francois Boguille’s home district the free men of Color formed a national guard. Unrepentant followers of Oge (a father of the Haitian Revolution), they recruited men from the nearby plantations ...

New Orleans’ Societe d’Economie et d’Assistance Mutuelle, or Economy and Mutual Aid Association, was not a secret group. An organization founded by free people of color in the 1830s and which existed ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana ...

(CNN) – In the next few weeks, Fatima Shaik, an African-American, Christian woman, will travel “home” from New York to Kolkata, India. It will be a journey steeped in a history that has remained ...