Whitney Plantation History & Descendants

Life on the Whitney Plantation: 100 Years After Slavery paperback - 2024 by Vernita Hills & Dr. Tracie Ferrell

Bouki Fait Gombo Paperback – August 27, 2014
by Ibrahima Seck

A booklet containing information about the museum, photographs of Woodrow Nash's Children of Whitney statues, and corresponding quotes from people who were enslaved in southeast Louisiana.

Witness to Change: From Jim Crow to Political Empowerment Paperback – September 18, 2018
by Sybil Morial (Author), Andrew Young (Foreword)

The Gumbo Coalition: 10 Leadership Lessons That Help You Inspire, Unite, and Achieve Hardcover – May 5, 2020
by Marc Morial (Author), Sheryl Sandberg (Foreword)

How The Word is Passed - June 1, 2021
by Clint Smith
who visits Whitney in Chapter 2

How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers): Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America Hardcover – September 30, 2025
by Sonja Cherry-Paul (Adapter), Clint Smith (Author)