Jean-Marie Pottier

About The Author

Born in Rennes in 1982, Jean-Marie Pottier is an independent journalist, after working as an economic journalist for the magazine Challenges, then as editor-in-chief of Slate.fr. Currently, he works for Sciences humaines, Arte, L’ Express, Retronews, and Society, for which he has written several stories and reports on American politics and society. Passionate about music, he writes regularly for the pop magazine Magic. He is also the author of several essays published with Editions Le mot et le reste, including Ground Zero: A musical history of September 11 (2016) and Alternative Nation: The Independent American Scene, 1979-2001 (2021).

Books by Jean-Marie Pottier

The Killing of Huey Long
By Jean-Marie Pottier
Translated by Lynn Palermo
Louisiana, 1935. An influential US senator is assassinated in the hallways of the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.

On September 8, 1935, Senator Huey Long, known by his nickname “The Kingfish,” was at the Louisiana State Capitol to pass a redistricting bill that would oust district jud...
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The Emmett Till Case
By Jean-Marie Pottier
Translated by Lynn E. Palermo
Book #4
Summer 1955. The murder of a young Black teenager becomes a pivotal moment in American history.

At the end of August 1955, the lifeless and disfigured body of a teenager was fished out of the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi. The body was that of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old Bl...
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