While New York City is home to that famous gift from the French — the Statue of Liberty and has more than one street named for Lafayette, it would be hard to dispute that Louisiana, and New Orleans in particularly, is the most French place within the United States.
So while many Americans admire French fashions and that certain je ne sais quoi of the Gallic people, it’s interesting to reflect that the early origins of modern French Republic were rooted in an admiration of our own Spirit of ’76!
Hope you had a Happy Fourth of July… & Happy Bastille Day to France… & all Francophiles near & far!!
Works of literature are often rediscovered when they find their way to a new medium. When Netflix adapted Nella Larsen’s 1929 classic novel Passing into a hit series for the small screen, a new generation of readers was found for this seminal yet still timely novel. The LLAGNY Book Club became part of that new generation as Passing was our…
The New York Law Institute offers members a variety of resources and services including two eBooks collections providing access to over 270,000 eBook titles. We offer the entire West Academic Nutshells series in eBook format, hundreds of ABA titles, and Mathew Bender legal treatises. We also offer access to valuable electronic resources such as Proquest…
Inspired by both the American and French Revolutions, particularly by the writings of Thomas Paine, historians consider the Irish Rebellion of 1798 as the greatest threat to English Rule between 1641 revolt and the Easter Uprising of 1916. And the participants and sons of this rebellion would help shape 19th Century American Law and help…
For this week in Black History month, we’d like to take a look at pioneering Black entrepreneurs… We’ll conclude with the founder, chairman and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners — Robert F. Smith. One of 16 Black billionaires in the world, Smith is a graduate of Cornell and Columbia Universities. His career…
Now seen as the end of Summer — and a kind of bookend BBQ when paired with the season’s kickoff of Memorial day — Labor Day was initially a reaction to worker unrest … But perhaps after you’ve digested your last hot dog, you can explore some Labor & Employment sources available here at The…
