Cajun South Louisiana
...the Canary Islands, and such Native American tribes as the Houma, Bayou Goula, and Choctaw. A big aligator, about 800 lbs. Photograph by ST Blessing. Courtesy of The Miriam and...
The Makers of the Sacred Harp
...diverse range of wealth, education, and influence, during the age of Jacksonian democracy” (11). He characterizes the early singing schools and conventions less as sites of cultural preservation than events...
The Sub Series: Henry County, Georgia
...slats. The post-war, white-flight model of red-lining and restrictive covenants has been transformed. Well-to-do people of color, the poor, and working classes are likewise drawn to urban peripheries. But subdivisions...
Preserving the Memory of Ybor City, Florida
...Hillsborough County The Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection http://digitalcollections.hcplc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15391coll1 The Burgert Brothers photography studio, originally located at 1310 1/2 7th Avenue in the heart of Ybor City's business district, operated from...
Along the Ulcofauhatche: Of Sorrow Songs and "Dried Indian Creek"
...of business, including ". . . the leg bone of the Indian chief who was hung in 1795 and left to dry, near the old mill here in town, and...
Black Population Atlanta and the Vicinity, 1940-1970
Maps for "White Flight: The Strategies, Ideology, and Legacy of Segregationists in Atlanta" Kevin Kruse, White Flight and the Making of Modern Conservatism Published: 28 November 2005 © 2006 Kevin...
Demon Rum and Politics in Middle Florida: A Review of Southern Prohibition
...rail against Catholics, immigrants, and Demon Rum. Indeed, Catts shocked the Democratic establishment, winning the 1916 election on the Prohibition ticket. Had Charlie Crist succeeded in his bid for the...
Discursive Memorials: Queer Histories in Atlanta's Public Spaces
...doing so, although the privilege of whiteness carried with it the ability to traverse physical, sexual, and social boundaries. In addition to race, differentials of class, gender, and sexuality further...
Flatlands in the Outlands: Photographs from the Delta and Bayou
...Baptist church surrounded by cotton fields, a culture rigidly stratified by race and class. Here history and memory cast shadows that recall a tragic past. Here generations of writers, folklorists,...
Unquiet Emmett Till
..."not guilty" verdict, which leads Mace to conclude, "Such letters made it clear that most people were tired of business as usual when it came to cases of racial violence"...