Counterblast: How the Atlanta Temple Bombing Strengthened the Civil Rights Cause
...Jews. Since the colonial era, Jews and Gentiles had lived in relatively peaceful coexistence in the South. Latent prejudice toward Jews nonetheless surfaced in times of social and economic upheaval,...
The Other Side of Paradise: Glimpsing Slavery in the University's Utopian Landscapes
...toiling in this county, who lived on the other side of paradise. They built this town and this college, going all the way back to slavery times. . . They...
"When I Say 'Steal,' Who Do You Think Of?"
...the anger; see what actions we must take in our own lives, where we live every day, to bring about social justice. In welcoming her tonight, I dare to borrow...
Rethinking the Geography of Lynching
...was "less deep" but because conditions differed so greatly between the sections" (101). Lynching Beyond Dixie also has the laudable effect of bringing otherwise forgotten lives back into the historical narrative....
Wherein the South Differs from the North: Naming Persons, Naming Places, and the Need for Visionary Geographies
...has Toklas say) she grew up. Then to Cambridge, Massachusetts, for college, to Baltimore for medical school, then back to the Paris where she had lived with her family as...
Still Digging Our Own Graves: Coal Miners and the Struggle over Black Lung Disease
...to a self-imposed exile some twenty-five years ago, I live once again in West Virginia. Contrasts with the 1970s heyday of working-class activism are evident throughout the rural landscape of...
Sài Gòn to Nashville: A Refugee Journey
...family. Having lived in Maryland for about twenty years, Liên, and her husband, Lý Văn Đích, arrived in the United States among the initial waves of refugees following the fall...
Petrochemical America, Petrochemical Addiction
...About the Author Emma Lirette, originally from Chauvin, Louisiana, lives outside Atlanta with her wife and two daughters. She works as a User Experience Researcher in social media and holds...
Love and Death at Second-Line
...resort to an ultimate solution, the disrespect for life, the ruination of both mens' lives, the danger to family and friends. Jazz Funeral for Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen The day...
A Real American Horror Story: On Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave
...a "horror show" at the expense of portraying the inner lives of slaves and the relationships they forged under totalitarian circumstances, but in doing so it does not ally itself...