Fatima Shaik

Fatima Shaik wrote Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood, an American Book Award winner and Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities 2022 Book of the Year. She received the Louisiana Writer Award in 2021. Shaik is a columnist for VeriteNews.com and has published in Callaloo, Tribes, The Root, In These Times, and The New York Times. The New Orleans Jazz Museum and Xavier University of Louisiana currently have exhibits based on Shaik’s Economy Hall book.