Jim Crow Journeys: An Excerpt from Traveling Black
...fried the day before yesterday, old bread and a slice of musty pie," whereas "the white passengers in the lunch room may get a hot drink or a fried egg...
Six Degrees of Alan Lomax: A Review and Multimedia Excerpts
...topical ballads and crossover dance numbers such as "Little Liza Jane." While anglophone black string band and folk blues traditions have not thrived in south Louisiana, all evidence indicates that...
Walking into History: The Beginning of School Desegregation in Nashville
Introduction At high noon, Nashville time, on Monday, May 17, 1954, all nine justices of the United States Supreme Court in Washington joined in a declaration that legally-sanctioned racial segregation...
"Puerto Ricans Live Free": Race, Language, and Orlando's Contested Soundscape
...break time, lunch time and/or if you are on the phone at the WCF office. Spanish speaking will only be allowed in the office if a customer is unable to...
Television News and the Civil Rights Struggle: The Views in Virginia and Mississippi
...decision was "based on an amendment adopted at a time when many of their forebears were disfranchised."18Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 5, 1963. "Dr. King Decides," Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 5, 1963. For...
Encountering COVID
...now when I walk down the street, it can be a beautiful day, months and months after my mom has passed and I'm having a good day and somebody who...
The Tennessee Jamboree: Local Radio, the Barn Dance, and Cultural Life in Appalachian East Tennessee
...Jamboree . . . here on Saturday night. We've had a nice time friends. You have a nice weekend. We'll see you again next Saturday night on the big Tennessee...
Unearthing the Weeping Time: Savannah's Ten Broeck Race Course and 1859 Slave Sale
...the premises of JOSEPH BRYAN, In Savannah, three days prior to the day of sale, when catalogues will be furnished. *** The Charleston Courier, (daily and tri-weekly;) Christian Index, Macon,...
Dirty Decade: Rap Music and the US South, 1997–2007
...South" heard UGK's music during their heyday, their growing reputation further elevated Houston's profile.30Kelefa Sanneh, "The Strangest Sound in Hip-Hop Goes National," New York Times, sec. 2, April 17, 2005....
Going South, Coming North: Migration and Union Organizing in Morristown, Tennessee
...good time.” I think it’s very pretty there, but - . . . my father once spent almost three years there. I have a little sister. He left when she...