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Cane River is a 2001 family saga by Lalita Tademy. [1] It was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection.. Beginning with her great-great-great-great grandmother, Elizabeth a slave owned by a Creole family, Lalita Tademy’s historical fiction novel chronicles four generations of strong, determined black women as they battle injustice to unite their family and forge success on their own terms.
Following the publication of Cane River, Tademy wrote her second book, Red River. The book is set in Colfax, Louisiana, and discusses the Colfax massacre. [1] The book begins with the massacre at Colfax, where approximately 150 slaves were killed by white individuals. The book explores the effects of the white supremacy on the black community ...
Clementine Hunter (pronounced Clementeen; late December 1886 or early January 1887 – January 1, 1988) was a self-taught Black folk artist from the Cane River region of Louisiana, who lived and worked on Melrose Plantation.
Jeanine Michna-Bales, Decision to Leave, Magnolia Plantation on the Cane River, Louisiana, from Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, 2013. Jeanine Michna-Bales (born 1971) is an American artist who works primarily through photographic essays.
The New Orleans Film Society described the film, "Cane River is set near Natchitoches, in one of the first 'free communities of color.' Richard Romain plays Peter Metoyer, home to fight for his land, and Tommye Myrick plays the headstrong Maria Mathis, reluctant to succumb to his charms just because he's the scion of a famous family.
Pensacola Road is the town’s only direct connection to the rest of Western North Carolina.
NCDOT contractors work to repair and replace a 14-mile stretch of U.S. 19W along the Cane River in Yancey County after the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused an estimated $1 billion in damage to ...
A sign warns against looting on Oct. 2, 2024 in the Cane River (N.C.) area, which experienced catastrophic flooding after remnants of Hurricane Helene brought historic rainfall, flooding, power ...