Visions for Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba and the United States: Changing Minds and Models through Exchange
...nothing to promote political and economic change. In July 2010 Menendez took the Senate floor to oppose an easing of travel restrictions, remarking that more opportunities for US citizens to...
The Joneses: Home Made in Mississippi
...ever since. The Joneses promotional poster. Bunny Lake Films LLC, 2016. The documentary project spun out of my first book, Men Like That: A Southern Queer History, which began as...
Putting the Vernacular in Modernism: A Review of Edward Comentale's Sweet Air
...modernism," or a "vital forum of exchange and transformation for those otherwise excluded from traditional forms of power and prestige" (7). Jailhouse Rock, 1957. Promotional image featuring the film's star...
Reckoning with Enslavement
...uncovering the lawsuits they had brought against the Jesuits and other prominent Maryland slaveholders long before the 1838 sale. Some won their freedom. Others didn't—but each of their cases challenged...
"Our Country"—Benjamin E. Wise's William Alexander Percy
...his "experiences of sexual freedom possible. His wealth allowed him to travel around the world, and that wealth was created in large part by black slaves and sharecroppers. His vision...
Three Black Towns: An Excerpt from Black Landscapes Matter
Excerpt After the end of the Civil War, recently freed Black people endeavored to create their own communities. During Reconstruction, and with newfound access to political and economic power, Black...
Mother Jones: Back in Alabama
Blog post Mother Jones died ninety years ago, but she was back in Alabama this July. It was not her first visit to the state. She came to Birmingham and...
Has Historical GIS Arrived?: A Review of Toward Spatial Humanities
Review...
Sacred Harp, "Poland Style"
...Irish singer stood before the class, called out the page number, and asked to sing the song "Poland style." As Sacred Harp singing continues to spread, singers are finding ways...
Unquiet Emmett Till
...haunted a whole generation of people, especially those who became activists in the Freedom Struggle. Darryl Mace's In Remembrance of Emmett Till: Regional Stories and Media Responses to the Black...