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Books by Marcus Bruce
Christian
Song of the Black Valiants: Marching Tempo
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High Ground: A Collection of Poems /
Negro soldiers in the Battle of New Orleans
I am New
Orleans: A Poem
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Negro Iron Workers of Louisiana: 1718-1900 /
The Liberty Monument
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Letter 7
Lyle Saxon
Sends Christian a Letter
of Employment for Dillard Project
WORKS
PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION of Louisiana
803
Canal Bank Building
New
Orleans
April
6, 1936
Dear
Christian:
After
many trials and tribulations, we have, by the grace of God and
Mr. Jacob Baker, managed at last to have you and Alice Ward
Smith assigned to the project at Dillard University.
We
are sending in a requisition to the personnel department today
for you, and if all goes well you should be on our payroll by
Thursday, and you will be paid at the rate of $82.50 a month.
Please
telephone to me when you receive this letter so that we may make
an appointment.
Sincerely
yours,
Lyle
Saxon, State Director
Federal
Writers' Projects
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Lyle Saxon (1891-1946) was
known in his day as "Mr. New Orleans." Saxon lived the life of
the Southern gentleman, championed the romance and tradition of old New
Orleans and wrote history and biography as well as fiction. As director
of the Louisiana Federal Writer's project of the Works progress
Administration, Saxon contributed to and compiled
Gumbo Ya-Ya, a
collection of Louisiana folktales, and valuable and enduring guides to
new Orleans and to the state. other Saxon titles include Father
Mississippi (1927),
Fabulous New Orleans (1928),
Old Louisiana (1929), Lafitte
the Pirate (1930), and the novel
Children of Strangers (1937). Robert Tallant collaborated with Saxon and
other FWP researchers on Gumbo Ya-Ya. Saxon also worked with
Marcus B. Christian and the Dillard Project to develop a history of
blacks in Louisiana. Christian ennobled view of blacks however differed
from Saxon's more traditional view of the Negro in the South |
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Marcus Bruce
Christian
Selected Diary Notes
/ Selected Poems
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Selected Letters
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Memories of Marcus B. Christian
(Cains) Christian's
BioBibliographical Record Introduction to I AM NEW
ORLEANS
A
Theory of a Black Aesthetic Magpies,
Goddesses, & Black Male Identity
Activist Works on Next Level of Change
Intro to I Am New
Orleans
Letter from Dillard University
A
Labor of Genuine Love
Letter of Gift of
Photos
Letters from
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Negro Iron Workers of Louisiana: 1718-1900
By Marcus Bruce Christian
Study of the blacksmith
tradition and New Orleans famous lace balconies and
fences.
Acclaimed
during his life as the unofficial poet laureate of
the New Orleans African-American community, Marcus
Christian recorded a distinguished career as
historian, journalist, and literary scholar. He was
a contributor to Pelican's
Gumbo Ya Ya, and also wrote many articles
that appeared in numerous newspapers, journals, and
general-interest publications. |
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My Story, My Song (Featuring blues guitarist Walter Wolfman Washington)
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Only a Pawn in Their Game
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