Louisiana: Non-Fiction

The Life and Legend of Bras-Coupé: The Fugitive Slave Who Fought the Law, Ruled the Swamp, Danced at Congo Square, Invented Jazz, and Died for Love Hardcover – Illustrated, March 4, 2019
by Bryan Wagner (Author)

Reconstruction in the Cane Fields: From Slavery to Free Labor in Louisiana's Sugar Parishes, 1862--1880 Paperback – May 1, 2001
by John C. Rodrigue (Author)

The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, and the Death of Reconstruction
by LeeAnna Keith (Author)

Solitary: A Biography (National Book Award Finalist; Pulitzer Prize Finalist) Paperback – December 3, 2019
by Albert Woodfox (Author)

Race & Education in New Orleans: Creating the Segregated City, 1764-1960 Paperback - May 4, 2018 by Walter C. Stern

Freedom's Dance: Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs in New Orleans Hardcover – February 26, 2018
by Karen Celestan (Author), Eric Waters (Photographer)

A Life in Jazz: Danny Barker Hardcover - New Illustrated Edition December 1, 2016 by Danny Barker (author) and Alyn Shipton (Editor)

Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood Hardcover - February 25, 2021 by Fatima Shaik

The 1868 St. Bernard Parish Massacre: Blood in the Cane Fields (True Crime) Paperback – Illustrated, October 16, 2017
by C. Dier (Author)

Sculptor Woodrow Nash: How I Search for My Ancestors

Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas Paperback – November 18, 2013
by Rebecca Solnit (Author), Rebecca Snedeker (Author)

Le Ker Creole: Creole Compositions and Stories from Louisiana Hardcover – July 15, 2020
by Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes (Author), Rachel Breunlin (Author), Leroy Joseph Etienne (Author), Francis X. Pavy (Illustrator)