Africana Archives: Making Art at the Schomburg
...intelligence. His fellow bibliophiles shared his sense of purpose, but Schomburg appears to have had the most comprehensive approach to using his collection as a resource in shaping public understanding...
Stormy Banks and Sweet Rivers: A Sacred Harp Geography
...similar to singing in rounds. The different parts enter at different intervals as they repeat a line. History of Sacred Harp Title page of the fourth edition of The Sacred...
Still under the Influence: The Bioregional Origins of the Hub City Writers Project
...college histories, books of old photographs, a group-written local mystery novel, and collections of radio columns. There have also been a number of "nature" books, including a history of the...
Something True about Louisiana: HBO's True Detective and the Petrochemical America Aesthetic
...relationships in particular places to income, education, landscape, and health disparities. Rust is a Texan, a detail that is constantly used to justify his utter strangeness, to portray him as...
A Real American Horror Story: On Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave
...color, particularly in international markets. In the end of both the film and his memoir, Northup is reunited with his family, but those who caused his ordeal are never brought...
New Histories of Environmental Activism: A Review of Rethinking the American Environmental Movement
...full and complete history. What has yet to be done, until now, is to bring that broader story together with the more traditional history of the environmental movement. Ellen Griffith...
Trying the Dark: Mammoth Cave and the Racial Imagination, 1839–1869
...broke his bonds, not however without damage to his indispensables, and at length forcing his way into ‘Relief Hall,' he cried out in the joy of his heart, while stretching...
The Tulip Quilt [ca 1880]
"Made by Mary Louisa Snoddy Black—‘The Tulip’ design. Cousin Theresa Snoddy helped quilt it." History: The Tulip was one of the most popular appliqué patterns in the Carolina upcountry during...
Somewhere Like Real Life: On Richard Linklater's Boyhood
...alcoholic who forces Mason Jr. to shave his head and generally bullies Olivia's children and his own with criticism that turns abusive as his drinking problem worsens. Olivia's second significant...
Documenting Migrants: An Interview with Charles D. Thompson
...going to die, but he managed to escape. He came to Pittsboro, North Carolina, where our farm was. We worked with him and taught him to drive. Hope gave him...