Strangers to Us All Lawyers and Poetry

Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes


New Orleans lawyer/poet; member of the Comite des Citoyens that defended Plessyl in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson

Writings

Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes, Nos hommes et notre histoire notices biographiques accompagnées de reflexions et de souvenirs personnels, hommage à la population créole, en souvenir des grands hommes qu'elle a produits et des bonnes choses qu'elle a accomplies (Montréal: Arbour & Dupont, 1911)

[Our People and Our History; a tribute to the Creole people of color in memory of the great men they have given us and of the good works they have accomplished (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1973)]

______________________, Our People and Our History: Fifty Creole Portraits (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001)

Bibliography

Lester Sullivan, The Unknown Rodolphe Desdunes: Writings in the New Orleans Crusader, 10 (1&2) Xavier Review 1-17 (1990)