Petrochemical America, Petrochemical Addiction
...the book that they wish to help bring about change; specifically, to "participate in new thinking about how we can best divest ourselves of our addiction to petrochemicals, and to...
Deep in the Cane: The Southern Soul of Gil Scott-Heron
...his deep love for its people, its culture, and its political struggles are readily apparent in songs like "95 South: All of the Places We've Been," "Delta Man," "Angola," "Jose...
James Holland, Riverkeeper: Environmental Protection along the Altamaha
...to the fanned-out delta. On the other side of Holland lay the wide and faltering ocean. Holland had no idea that his life was about to change permanently and that...
North Carolina: A State of Shock
...for changes in the state's election laws has been naked partisanship. Every change in North Carolina's new election code was targeted at reducing potential Democratic voters regardless of race, creed,...
Walking into History: The Beginning of School Desegregation in Nashville
...weeks off, change seemed inevitable.As September approached, the school board and administration under Bass and Oliver seemed prepared for this first small step toward racial equity. They heard encouraging words...
St. Augustine's "Slave Market": A Visual History
...initially built to house the exchange of foods and commercial goods, newspaper reports and city records document slave sales here. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, entrepreneurs depicted...
"I Used That Katrina Water To Master My Flow": Rap Performance, Disaster, and Recovery in New Orleans
...Preservation Hall, WWOZ, and so on), on-the-ground realities for most rappers in the city remain slow to change. Despite its takeover of the charts in recent years, southern rap in...
Atlanta's Charis Books and More: Histories of a Feminist Space
...New York University Press, 1997): 241–284. Elizabeth Anderson contributed the epilogue to this updated version. Photographer unknown, Charis Books and More, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006. During the 1970s, members of a...
Africana Archives: Making Art at the Schomburg
...collectors" to register the names of the authors and titles of books in their collections with the Exchange. Equipped with this master database, the Exchange would serve as a clearinghouse...
An Unflinching Look: An Interview with Photographer Benjamin Dimmitt
...I was doing. And then climate change arrived, and I didn't really change my approach and become a different sort of photographer. I just photographed the impact. There was nothing...