The "Achilles' Heel" of Jim Crow: A Review of Landscapes of Exclusion
...from nearly every one. While the National Park Service had an official nondiscrimination policy, typical of New Deal federal agencies it worked hard to avoid interfering with "local customs." As...
Palomares Bajo
...from 1966 Nuclear Accident," 7 November 2006, at http://elpais.com/elpais/2010/12/11/actualidad/1292059036_850215.html (accessed 12 February 2011) and "Interagency Decision Needed on Palomares Response to GOS [Government of Spain]," 30 April 2009, at http://elpais.com/m/elpais/2010/12/11/actualidad/1292059036_850215.html...
The Bulletin—November 15, 2012
...county-level results of the presidential election between Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Barack Obama scaled by population density. Illustrator Chris Howard designed another map which overlays county-by-county election results with...
Discursive Memorials: Queer Histories in Atlanta's Public Spaces
...as ephemeral, morphing, and discursive memorials. Using source material from the Atlanta History Center's collection of lesbian and gay oral histories and from local news reports, John Q will present...
Voting Rights: Justice Alito's False, Partisan Facts
...it was also rank racism. US Solicitor General Elizabeth Preloger argues why Alabama maps are unconstitutional. Merill v. Mulligan oral argument. Audio courtesy of the Supreme Court of the United...
Hillside Refuge: Tornado Shelters in Northeast Mississippi
...Oklahoma twisters. While the United States experiences more tornadoes than anywhere else on earth, these storms also occur further south of the infamous Tornado Alley. Parts of Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama,...
Enslaved Labor and Building the Smithsonian: Reading the Stones
...the National Mall.13Members of the African American descendant community in Seneca, Maryland (associated with the Seneca Community Church congregation) recall oral historical accounts, passed down from elders, that enslaved people...
Television News and the Civil Rights Struggle: The Views in Virginia and Mississippi
...refused to air any national programming that dealt with racial matters. National and local news programs often strove, nevertheless, for fairness but southern politicians worried about the visual power of...
Crossing Over: Sustainability, New Urbanism, and Gentrification in Austin, Texas
...$9 million in CDBGs to initiate revitalization. Almost all development took place along the Eleventh Street corridor.2Crone Urban Design Team, "New Visions of East Austin: Central East Austin Master Plan,"...
Still Digging Our Own Graves: Coal Miners and the Struggle over Black Lung Disease
...year, changing approval rates, the annual total cost of claims, and, for some years, reports from the administering federal agency. See, for example, Social Security Administration, Annual Statistical Supplement to...