The first major black American learned society was founded on March 5, 1897, in Washington, D.C. This history of the American Negro Academy discusses in detail its leadership, activities, and legacy. W. E. B. Du Bois, William Crogman, and Francis J. Grimké, with the help of Alexander Crummell, the first president, established this society to promote intellectual activity and refute "the Aryan who attacks the Negro by malicious and false accusations." During its thirty-one years of existence (1897--1928), the ANA issued twenty-two Occasional Papers defending black claims to individual, social, and political equality; analyzing black institutional and community life; and discussing the ways Afro-Americans had shaped the history of this country. Until it was discontinued in 1928, the members met annually to present their papers; they also organized historical exhibits and established a small archive for books and other materials. Alfred A. Moss's book is the first scholarly history of any black learned society. He adds important information to what is known about developments in the black community during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, relationships between blacks and whites, and the later organizational and intellectual activity of educated Afro-Americans. "The failures and successes of the academy make clear the many obstacles which confronted members of the black intelligentsia who, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, sought to influence the world of ideas and the discussion of major social questions." During its existence, however, many in the group met W. E. B. Du Bois' original challenge that the "Talented Tenth" become an intellectual clearinghouse and strategy center for the race. "Perhaps," concludes Moss, "the real wonder in the history of the ANA is that the organization was able to exist as long as it did."

The American Negro Academy: Voice of the Talented Tenth

Moss Jr., Alfred A.

Louisiana State Univ

Overnight in the Guest House of the Mystic: Poems

Overnight in the Guest House of the Mystic

Literature & Fiction

Allen, Dick

Poetry

On a cold and cloudy day in November, 1893, the LSU Tigers football squad took the field for its first game. Relying heavily on the "turtle back" and "flying wedge," the fledgling team weathered a grueling ninety-minute struggle against intrastate rival Tulane. That day marked the beginning of one of the grandest traditions in all of intercollegiate athletics, a tradition that is now one hundred years old. In this newly revised edition of his exhaustive history of Tiger football, veteran sports columnist and editor Peter Finney brings the story up to date, with new material on LSU's football fortunes (and misfortunes) since 1980. Here, in almost game-by-game detail, are accounts of the coaching tenures of Jerry Stovall, who was brought on in 1980 after the newly hired Bo Rein's tragic and mysterious death in a plane crash; Bill Arnsparger, who led the Tigers to the SEC championship in 1986; Mike Archer, who despite early success resigned in 1991, following two successive losing seasons; and Curley Hallman, the current coach. Finney recounts the impressive exploits of such standout players of the recent past as Jeff Wickersham, Dalton Hilliard, Wendell Davis, and Tommy Hodson. He also describes the pressures that led to the replacement of Paul Dietzel by Bob Brodhead as athletic director, Brodhead's subsequent dismissal in the middle of the 1986 season, and the appointment of the current AD, Joe Dean. Finney has retained the well-loved anecdotes of the previous editions, such as those about Huey Long, whose enthusiasm for the Tigers was so intense that he stalked the sidelines, marched at the head of parades, and even invited some players to live at the Governor's Mansion, there to be fed a steady diet of sour milk, cornbread, and turnip greens. He also recounts the thrilling bowl teams of the 1930s, the Cinderella team of 1949, and Paul Dietzel's National Championship team of 1958. The Appendix contains completely updated listings of week-by-week schedules and scores for every season from 1893 through 1992, records of all twenty-eight Tiger head coaches, a complete list of LSU lettermen, modern individual and team records in all categories, a list of players elected to all-America and academic all-America teams, and much more. The Fighting Tigers, 1893-1993 is an essential book for anyone who loves Tiger football. Even those who own one or both of the earlier editions will want this special edition, both for the wealth of new information it provides and for its commemorative value.

The Fighting Tigers, 1893-1993: One Hundred Years of LSU Football

Reference

Finney, Peter

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

A Biographical Dictionary of American Geography in the Twentieth Century

Dunbar, Gary S.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical Maps of Louisiana: An Annotated Bibliography (The Fred B. Kniffen Cultural Resources Laboratory Monograph Series)

Rolston, Joyce Nelson

Stanton, Anne G.

Cultural and Physical Expositions: Geographic Studies in the Southern United States and Latin America (Geoscience and Man)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Culture, Land, and Legacy: Perspectives on Carl O. Sauer and Berkeley School Geography (Geoscience and Man)

This volume on coastal systems and coastal research is in honor of H. Jesse Walker, who has takes his place with the original founders of the present-day Louisiana State University Department of Geography and Anthropology -- Drs. Fred B. Kniffen, Richard J. Russell, Robert C. West, and William G. Haag.Through its coverage of coastal research from theory to applied, from modeling in the lab to measuring in the field, from the varied lessons of managing the human impact on the coast, and from distant Hawaii, to California, to New Jersey, and to the adjacent Gulf of Mexico, the volume replicates in its incomplete fashion the wide-ranging interest and persistent adventure of its honoree.

The Coastal Zone: Papers in Honor of H. Jesse Walker (Geoscience and Man, V. 38)

Science & Math

Coastal Resources (Geoscience & Man Ser. : No. 12)

Sports & Outdoors

This volume is a compilation of the work on geographic names by Meredith (Pete) F. Burrill. As noted on pages 37 to 41 of the March 1998 issue of Names, the fact that the Board on Geographic Names  . . . continues as the worlds foremost names standardization agency is a tribute to how he served his country and the international community.

The Wonderful World of Geographic Names: The Writings of Meredith (Pete) F. Burrill (Toponymist Extraordinaire (Geoscience and Man, V. 39)

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