Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Scotlandville

BATON ROUGE, La. - Aug. 10, 2015 - PRLog -- Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Scotlandville

Local authors join forces with citizens to create tribute to small town’s history

Telling a story in pictures is Scotlandville, an addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series. The book is written by local authors Rachel L. Emanuel, Ruby Jean Simms, and Charles Vincent The book contains wonderful vintage images capturing this African American community’s history.

A rural village that was once the entry point for the slave trade and home to a cotton plantation, Scotlandville became the largest majority African American town in Louisiana. Located in the northern part of East Baton Rouge Parish, Scotlandville’s history is intricately tied to Southern University and A&M College System, the only historically black university system in the United States. Southern University relocated from New Orleans to the bluff of the Mississippi River on the western edge of Scotlandville in 1914. The story of the university and town is a tale of triumph and struggle in the midst of racism, inequality, and oppression. Presented through the theme of firsts in businesses, churches, schools, residential developments, environmental issues, politics, social organizations, and community service, Images of America: Scotlandville focuses on the people who shaped the community economically, politically, socially, and culturally.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Barnes & Noble

2590 Citiplace Court

Baton Rouge, LA 70808

When:  Saturday, August 22nd, 2015 at 12:30pm

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467122894/South-River).

The combination of Arcadia Publishing & The History Press creates the largest and most comprehensive publisher of local and regional content in the USA. By empowering local history and culture enthusiasts to write local stories for local audiences, we create exceptional books that are relevant on a local and personal level, enrich lives, and bring readers closer - to their community, their neighbors, and their past. Have we done a book on your town?  Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com and www.historypress.net.