About the Author

Carl A. Brasseaux, a history professor at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, is the author of Acadian to Cajun: Transformation of a People 1803-1877 (University Press of Mississippi).|Claude F. Oubre is a professor of history and political science at Louisiana State University at Eunice. |Keith P. Fontenot is an archivist at St. Landry Parish Clerk of Courts, 27th Judicial District, Opelousas, Louisiana. |Clifton Carmen is a leading member of Southwestern Louisiana's Creoles of Color community.