Dr. Eva Semien Baham is a native of Welsh, Louisiana. She received her BA in Journalism from Southern University and her MA and PhD in American Studies/History from Purdue University. She was an associate professor of history for 21 years at Southern University and then spent the last seven years of her career at Dillard University, retiring in 2023. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, such as Louisiana History, Intersections, American Baptist Quarterly, African Americans in Covington, La Creole, and Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia.

Schedule

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Outside Museum, North Tent
Passageways and Foodways: Slavery and Racism in the Formation of Southern Cities
Jennie Lightweis-Goff, Captive City: Meditations on Slavery in the Urban South
Theresa McCulla, Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans
with moderator Eva Semien Baham

Moderator