An Excerpt from Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History
...Chinese-American historian who was present at this reunion, the sudden appearance of an African American in their midst hit a nerve. While Ethridge was a welcome presence for most on...
Atlanta's Charis Books and More: Histories of a Feminist Space
...in May 1970, and first published in the Ladder 11/12 (August/September 1970). Charis's owners, as we will see, welcomed this type of involvement. Over time the store itself, founded as...
The Makers of the Sacred Harp
...the frontier hymns in The Sacred Harp is one of its distinguishing characteristics and Hulan’s research, which he likens to “chasing rainbow makers,” brings new light and a welcome perspective....
Glimpsing Andalusia in the O'Connor-Hester Letters
...(20 Jul 1963; 6 Aug 1960). Nevertheless, not all of the company was welcome. O'Connor writes of an impending visit: Letter dated 27 October 1960. Permission granted by The Mary...
Ireland’s First Sacred Harp Convention: “To Meet To Part No More”
...the “overwhelming power” of the music joined with a feeling of being welcomed into an international “family” or “incredible community” of singers.13See the “Sacred Harp Singers of Cork” group on...
Indians in the Family: Adoption and the Politics of Antebellum Expansion
...worked to unseat the unwelcome settlers who proved to be disloyal and treacherous in their treatments of Indian people.12James Horn, A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the...
States' Rights Resurgent: The Attack on the Voting Rights Act
...attorneys general welcomed the Court's Shelby County decision as a landmark for states' rights. "For nearly fifty years, Sections 4 and 5 have imposed an extraordinary intrusion into state sovereignty...
Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
...to complete because of environmental and public relations concerns and lawsuits filed by the mountain's owner and promoter, Hugh Morton. Screen capture of the GeoBrowse tool, Driving Through Time, 2012. The...
I-26, Corridor of Change
...promoted as a safe alternative to the existing road and as an economic boon to the area. Old US Route 19-23 was a steep, winding, unimproved two-lane shared by school...
"This is Not Dixie:" The Imagined South, the Kansas Free State Narrative, and the Rhetoric of Racist Violence
...so many of these people reach Kansas in poverty and suffering we should be untrue to our history…if we did not extend to them a cordial welcome.'"46Robert G. Athearn, In Search...