A journalist and political historian, Robert Mann holds the Manship Chair at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. From 2011-12, he was director of the school’s Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs. He is the author of critically acclaimed political histories of the U.S. civil...

Prof. Richard Webb is a Professor and Dean Emeritus of the College of Arts and Humanities at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Musicology from University of Cincinnati. He is the Organ Principal of the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. He has performed...