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The Cover Design, Thomas D. Walker
Anything To Act Crazy: Cajun Women And Mardi Gras Disguise, Carolyn E. Ware
Anything To Act Crazy: Cajun Women And Mardi Gras Disguise, Carolyn E. Ware
Faculty Publications
As women play an increasingly prominent part in many Cajun Mardi Gras runs, they bring their own styles of roleplaying and masking to the celebration. A handful of creative women have taken the lead in commodifying the rural tradition, making and marketing Mardi Gras suits and masks on a large scale. This article looks at Cajun women's disguises as a way of understanding their larger influence on the festival.
Public Librarians And The Civil Rights Movement: Alabama, 1955-1965, Patterson Toby Graham
Public Librarians And The Civil Rights Movement: Alabama, 1955-1965, Patterson Toby Graham
Faculty Publications
Racial segregation in southern public libraries affected millions of African Americans before the Civil Rights movement, and for librarians in the South it created a conflict between professional and regional values. Ultimately, it was the efforts of black activists rather than librarians acting on their ethical impulses that ended library segregation. Librarians were constrained by local racial customs, Jim Crow laws, and, often, by their own racial attitudes. Also, librarians recognized that there were inherent dangers associated with defying the segregationists. There were a few, however, who challenged the racial status quo, and these individuals demonstrated the potential of librarians …