Melissa Daggett
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Eugène and Eulalie
Melissa Daggett’s Eugène and Eulalie is an epic story of love, race, prosperity, and legal maneuvering. It chronicles for the first time in a comprehensiv...
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My book will be released in April 2026. You can pre-order on Amazon or LSU Press. lsupress.org/978080718590...
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Hot off the press!
As co-editor of La Créole, I am delighted to announce that our inaugural issue is out.
As co-editor of La Créole, I am delighted to announce that our inaugural issue is out.
October 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Hot off the press!
As co-editor of La Créole, I am delighted to announce that our inaugural issue is out.
As co-editor of La Créole, I am delighted to announce that our inaugural issue is out.
My book will be released in April 2026. You can pre-order on Amazon or LSU Press. lsupress.org/978080718590...
Eugène and Eulalie
Melissa Daggett’s Eugène and Eulalie is an epic story of love, race, prosperity, and legal maneuvering. It chronicles for the first time in a comprehensiv...
lsupress.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My book will be released in April 2026. You can pre-order on Amazon or LSU Press. lsupress.org/978080718590...
Hot off the press!
As co-editor of La Créole, I am delighted to announce that our inaugural issue is out.
As co-editor of La Créole, I am delighted to announce that our inaugural issue is out.
October 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Hot off the press!
As co-editor of La Créole, I am delighted to announce that our inaugural issue is out.
As co-editor of La Créole, I am delighted to announce that our inaugural issue is out.
As co-editor of La Créole, I am delighted to announce that the 2025 issue is completed and will be distributed to LA Creole members at the annual conference in October.
September 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
As co-editor of La Créole, I am delighted to announce that the 2025 issue is completed and will be distributed to LA Creole members at the annual conference in October.
Happy Constitution Day!
September 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Happy Constitution Day!
The Lives Lost to the Texas Floods www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Lives Lost to the Texas Floods (Gift Article)
Eight-year-old girls at sleep-away camp, families crammed into recreational vehicles, local residents traveling to or from work. These are some of the victims.
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July 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Lives Lost to the Texas Floods www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Happy Birthday Ringo! ☮️ & ❤️
July 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Happy Birthday Ringo! ☮️ & ❤️
FYI
Lastly, the National Museum of African American History and Culture has digitized a lot of the Freedmen's Bureau Records and made them text searchable. It's a great resource for learning more about the experiences of Black Americans during Reconstruction. /18
nmaahc.si.edu/explore/free...
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Freedmen's Bureau Search Portal
The Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal provides unprecedented opportunities for family historians and genealogists to search for their ancestors and for scholars to research a variety of topics related t...
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June 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
FYI
My father and his father in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
June 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
My father and his father in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
I am delighted to announce that LSU Press will publish my book, “Eugène and Eulalie: A Family Saga of Love, Race, and Property in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans” in Spring 2026.
May 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I am delighted to announce that LSU Press will publish my book, “Eugène and Eulalie: A Family Saga of Love, Race, and Property in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans” in Spring 2026.
Nailed it.
100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists.
1362 Days to go...
1362 Days to go...
May 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Nailed it.
Everything is bigger in Texas including a measles outbreak.
BREAKING: The measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 124 cases, with 18 hospitalizations, ABC News reports. Most cases are in unvaccinated people or those with unknown vaccination status.
I’m starting to think that making a notorious anti-vaxxer the HHS Secretary wasn’t the best idea…
I’m starting to think that making a notorious anti-vaxxer the HHS Secretary wasn’t the best idea…
February 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Everything is bigger in Texas including a measles outbreak.
Everything is bigger in Texas including an outbreak of measles.
(AP) - The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases, mostly in children and teens, making it the state’s worst in nearly 30 years.
All of the cases are detected among people who are either invaccinated or their vaccination status is unknown.
All of the cases are detected among people who are either invaccinated or their vaccination status is unknown.
February 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Everything is bigger in Texas including an outbreak of measles.
This is a great description of two creepy billionaires who couldn’t care less for the American people.
DOGE is nothing more than two billionaires cosplaying as government officials. I’m all for making government for efficient, but these guys just want to slash resources for agencies that help working people.
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Democrat Frost slams DOGE: Billionaires ‘cosplaying as government officials’
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) criticized President-elect Trump’s choices to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), saying it’s “two billionaires who are co…
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December 7, 2024 at 1:14 PM
This is a great description of two creepy billionaires who couldn’t care less for the American people.
The destruction of the vibrant neighborhood by the construction of I-10 during the 1960s was a crime against a community and solely based on race.
December 5, 2024 at 3:18 AM
The destruction of the vibrant neighborhood by the construction of I-10 during the 1960s was a crime against a community and solely based on race.
Reposted by Melissa Daggett
Matt Gaetz being nominated by Trump to be US Attorney General will raise a few eyebrows...
November 14, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Matt Gaetz being nominated by Trump to be US Attorney General will raise a few eyebrows...
I’m new to Bluesky. Can you recommend people to follow? I’m especially interested in history.
November 13, 2024 at 9:40 PM
I’m new to Bluesky. Can you recommend people to follow? I’m especially interested in history.