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The Creoles of color are a historic ethnic group of Creole people in Louisiana and southern Mississippi and Alabama, especially in the city of New Orleans.
Mixed-race Creoles of color became identified as a distinct ethnic group, Gens de couleur libres (free persons of color), prior to the 19th century. During Louisiana’s colonial period, Créole referred to people born in Louisiana who had ancestors from elsewhere; i.e., all natives other than Native Americans. First used by French colonists to distinguish themselves from foreign-born settlers, and later as distinct from Anglo-American settlers, colonial documents show the term "Créole" was used variously at different times to refer to white people, mixed-race people, and black people, including slaves.
Creoles of color were free persons of color, and their descendants often enjoyed many of the privileges of whites, including property ownership and formal education. During the antebellum period, their society was structured along class lines. While it was not illegal, it was a social taboo for Creoles of color to marry slaves and was rarely done. Some of the most prosperous Creoles of color owned slaves themselves. Other Creoles of color such as Thomy Lafon used their position to support the abolitionist cause. Another Creole of color, Francis E. Dumas, emancipated all of his slaves and organized them into a company in the Second Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards.
Person of color (plural: people of color, persons of color, sometimes abbreviated POC) is a term used primarily in the United States to describe any person who is not white. The term encompasses all non-white groups, emphasizing common experiences of racism. The term is not equivalent in use to "colored", which was previously used in the US as a term for African Americans only.
People of color was revived from a term based in the French colonial era in the Caribbean and La Louisiane in North America: gens de couleur libres applied generally to people of mixed African and European descent who were freed from slavery or born into freedom. In the late 20th century, it was introduced in the United States as a preferable replacement to both non-white and minority, which are also inclusive, because it frames the subject positively; non-white defines people in terms of what they are not (white), and minority frequently carries a subordinate connotation. Style guides for writing from American Heritage, the Stanford Graduate School of Business,Mount Holyoke College, recommend the term over these alternatives. It may also be used with other collective categories of people such as students of color, men of color and women of color. Person of color typically refers to individuals of non-Caucasian heritage.
A profile of the remarkable French-speaking mixed-race community of Diamond in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Rare pre-Katrina scenes from the documentary "The Ends of the Earth: Plaquemines Parish Louisiana" by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker at www.cnam.com. Watch instantly or buy the DVD at http://www.shop.cnam.com
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Creoles that have made major contributions To America and Creole History..People of Color that have demonstrated outstanding leadership
Creole is a culture, not a color! There are Creoles of all different colors. Light skin does not equal creole. Yes, alot of light skinned people are the result of mixed ancestries. Yes, alot of light skinned people may indeed be Creole. However, can you or any of your ancestors speak creole? Probably not, so don't claim it.
From the pots of red beans and rice bubbling in French Quarter restaurants to the amulet bags for sale in neighborhood botanicas, Haitian influence is seen, heard and tasted across this city. French colonists from Saint-Domingue — later renamed Haiti — had traveled to New Orleans since the early 1700s. That connection flourished in 1809 and 1810, when 10,000 refugees arrived in New Orleans from Saint-Domingue. Those numbers were later strengthen with another migration wave of 15,000 in the 1820s. The refugees were a combination of French colonists, their slaves and free people of color who had fled the slave uprisings.The refugees doubled the city's population and infused New Orleans with Franco-Caribbean traditions, including theater companies, elaborate dances and black political activis...
Trailer del documental The Black Creoles, Memories and Identities, realizado por la productora de cine Luna Films. Sinopsis: El largometraje documental The Black Creoles, Memories and Identities es una película etnográfica que relata, a través de pinceladas históricas, la llegada de los Negros al Caribe de Nicaragua y la formación de los Creole. Geografía humana que nos revela prácticas antiguas de sobre vivencia. Historias de vida cotidiana, que nos muestran las particularidades culturales y tradiciones ancestrales, de ... los pobladores de las distintas comunidades, su cosmovisión, memorias, sueños, identidades, retos, desafíos, así como su relación de antaño con el Caribe. Ficha técnica: Dirección, producción y guión: María José Álvarez y Martha Clarissa Hernández Locución: José Ca...
Spoken: Colorism and the New Orleans Creole A piece investigating the phenomenon of colorism and how it relates to the New Orleans Creole community. This project was the brain-child of being given complete creative license with the only obligation being to deliver 1 hour of television. Also check out: Creole Heritage Celebration 5: New Orleans Creole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NUS2PSj-HE
White Christian Males refute white privilege SOURCES: SLAVERY NUMBERS: The American Negro: Old World Background and New World Experience, Raymond Logan and Irving Cohen New York: Houghton and Mifflin, 1970), p.72. Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South, Michael P. Johnson and James L. Roak New York: Norton, 1984), p.64. The Forgotten People: Cane River's Creoles of Color, Gary Mills (Baton Rouge, 1977); Black Masters, p.128. Male inheritance expectations in the United States in 1870, 1850-1870, Lee Soltow (New Haven, 1975), p.85. Black Masters, Appendix, Table 7; p.280. Black Masters, p. 62. Information on the Ellison family was obtained from Black Masters; the number of slaves they owned was gained from U.S. Census Reports. In 1860 South Carolina had only 21 gin m...
Creole Heritage Celebration 4: Creoles: Alive and Well The 2007 Creole Heritage Celebration held at the Natchitoches Events Center in Natchitoches, LA.
Creole Heritage Celebration 5: New Orleans Creole The 2007 Creole Heritage Celebration held at the Natchitoches Events Center in Natchitoches, LA. Also check out: Spoken: Colorism and the New Orleans Creole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJwy8yJNKpA
Creole Heritage Celebration 7: Louisiana Creole Language The 2007 Creole Heritage Celebration held at the Natchitoches Events Center in Natchitoches, LA.
Creole Heritage Celebration 14: Benefit and Awards Banquet, Part 1 of 3 The 2007 Creole Heritage Celebration held at the Natchitoches Events Center in Natchitoches, LA.
This DVD is Hour 2 of three 1-hour interviews that looks at the 83-year life span of a New Orleans Creole from the early thirties to the beginnings of the 21st century. The interviews consist of conversation prompted by the viewing of Don's lifetime collection of photographs. Much of the exchange between interviewer and good friend David Delk and Creole Don Baham reveals the rather unique intimate dynamic at play in Don's adjusting to the American racial, cultural, and economics of the time.
D.P.T.V. Networks Presents The Benny Negro Show @ Creoles Restaurant Featuring the return of Faceman also with special performances.The come back of comedian FaceMan from Def Comedy Jam @ Creoles Restaurant. The D.P.T.V. Networks Presents.......The Benny Negro Show This is for mature audiences viewer discretion is advised. To see full episode go to www.DPTVNETWORKS.COM coming soon!!!
In pre-Civil War New Orleans, Vanessa Williams portrays the African American daughter of a plantation owner. Fighting her family's wishes, she rejects the traditions of an arranged marriage and sets out on a journey fraught with danger. This inspiring true story of heroism and love illuminates the extraordinary life of Henriette Dalille, the first African-American saint. Director: Kari Skogland 2000 Stars: Vanessa Williams, Gil Bellows, Karen Williams Watch more free dramas here: http://bit.ly/1ROmzWe Watch more movies for free on Popcornflix.com. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Popcornflix Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Popcornflixnews
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