674. Part 2 of our conversation about prison reform with returning guest Leslie Bary. In this episode, we discuss Leslie Bary’s recent article, “From Angola with Love: Activism, Academics, and the Abolitionist Future,” which chronicles her thirty-year journey providing post-conviction relief and solidarity for death row and maximum-security prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Leslie examines the intersection of praxis and theory, the limitations of the prison-industrial complex, and the evolving relationship between academic work and abolitionist activism.Leslie Bary is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she specializes in Latin American literature and cultural theory. A Comparative Literature scholar with a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, her work often bridges the gap between literary studies and humanitarian support, including recent efforts assisting ICE detainees in Louisiana.

The oldest play about Louisiana, author James Workman wrote it

as a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. Now it is back in

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Judge Felix Voorhies. Acadian

Reminiscences.

    In the cold winter days the family

assembled in the hall, where a goodly fire blazed on the

hearth, and while the wind whistled outside, our grandmother,

an exile from Acadia, would relate to us the stirring scenes

she had witnessed when her people were driven from their homes

by the British, their sufferings during their long pilgrimage

overland from Maryland to the wilds of Louisiana, the dangers

that beset them on their long journey through endless forests,

along the precipitous banks of rivers too deep to be forded.

    And as she spoke, we drew closer to her,

and grouped around her and stirred not, lest we lose one of

her words.

    When she spoke of Acadia, her face

brightened, her eyes beamed with a strange brilliancy, and she

kept us spellbound, so eloquent and yet so sad were her words,

and then tears trickled down her aged cheeks and her voice

trembled with emotion.

Parish abolished, became St. Martin & St. Mary.

1964: The Ford Mustang made its local debut at New

Orleans dealerships, sparking a massive automotive craze

across the Gulf South.

Visit the Bienvenue Lafayette Exhibition at the

Cabildo.

701 Chartres Street (Jackson Square)

New Orleans, LA 70130

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April marks the exactly 200th anniversary month of the Marquis

de Lafayette's arrival in New Orleans:

April 10, 2025, to January 18, 2026, honoring the

bicentennial of Lafayette's "triumphant tour" of the United

States.

the equivalent of $450,000 in 1825 to transform the Cabildo

into lavish accommodations for the Marquis. 

documents and works of art that explore Lafayette's legacy

as a champion of democracy and the abolition of slavery.

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