Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for African Americans in Covington

MANDEVILLE, La. - Aug. 26, 2015 - PRLog -- Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for African Americans in Covington

Local author, Eva Baham, will be available to sign copies of book

Covington is the seat of St. Tammany Parish government and sits north of Lake Pontchartrain in the New Orleans metropolitan area. Records from 1727 show 11 Africans on the north shore. One person of African descent was present at the founding of Covington on July 4, 1813. Most African Americans in antebellum Covington were slaves, with a modest number of free people, all of whom covered nearly every occupation needed for the development and sustenance of a heavily forested region. For more than 200 years in Covington, African Americans transformed their second-class status by grounding themselves in shared religious and social values. They organized churches, schools, civic organizations, benevolent societies, athletic associations, and businesses to address their needs and to celebrate their joys.

Highlights of African Americans in Covington include:

Each chapter contains excellent histories of various facets of African-American life in Covington and uses scholarship to place those experiences in a broad historical context.
Details about the lives of individuals, important to the African-American community, and not widely known beyond it, describe the vibrancy of life within this community.
Included is the work of local residents Walker Percy, the writer, lawyers, doctors and African American teachers, pastors and working class citizens.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Barnes & Noble

3414 Highway 190, Suite 10

Mandeville, LA 70471

When:  Saturday, September 12th, 2015 at 2:00p.m.

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).

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