Tag: French history

A Case of the Blues: The French Flag Shows its True Colors

A Case of the Blues: The French Flag Shows its True Colors

Hazel Smith
Sidney Poitier’s ‘Paris Blues’ Showed Racial Acceptance in the City

Sidney Poitier’s ‘Paris Blues’ Showed Racial Acceptance in the City

Anne McCarthy   2
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

Hazel Smith   1
Aïcha Goblet: La Vénus de Montparnasse in the Roaring Twenties

Aïcha Goblet: La Vénus de Montparnasse in the Roaring Twenties

Beth Gersh-Nesic   4
Flaubert’s Sentimental Education: Paris in the 1840s

Flaubert’s Sentimental Education: Paris in the 1840s

Marian Jones
Pierre de Coubertin: Father of the Modern Olympic Games

Pierre de Coubertin: Father of the Modern Olympic Games

Sue Aran
George Orwell’s Paris

George Orwell’s Paris

Marilyn Brouwer   2
Introducing Picasso’s Gang with a Tour of their Favorite Haunts

Introducing Picasso’s Gang with a Tour of their Favorite Haunts

Beth Gersh-Nesic   4
The Road to the French National Anthem: The History (and Lyrics!) of “La Marseillaise”

The Road to the French National Anthem: The History (and Lyrics!) of “La Marseillaise”

Anne McCarthy
Angels of the French Revolution

Angels of the French Revolution

Rosemary Flannery
The Tower of Babel – How the French Learned to Speak French –

The Tower of Babel – How the French Learned to Speak French –

Sue Aran
Belleville: Paris of the People

Belleville: Paris of the People

Allison Zinder   1