The Bulletin—May 8, 2013
...in and intellectually engaging with the US South. Brood II, a billions-strong legion of cicadas, is expected to emerge later this summer and overrun the East Coast from North Carolina...
Struggle Against Disease and Discrimination: The Jesse Peel Papers
...1996. Regarding the park renovations and the statue, Peel continued, "I have devoted heart and soul to JHP [John Howell Park] this last year and a half. We will complete...
Georgia Slavery, Georgia Freedom
...later, spatial contestations. From the utopian dreams of trustee founder James Edward Oglethorpe, he reasons that Georgia was of imperial as well as philanthropic designs. The prohibition of slavery motivated Oglethorpe...
Buffalo Mountain Windfarm, Anderson County, Tennessee, 2005
Janet Powell, Buffalo Mountain Windfarm, Anderson County, Tennessee, 2005. Located north of Oak Ridge and about thirty miles northwest of Knoxville, Buffalo Mountain Windfarm was built in the 2000s as...
An Excerpt from Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History
...present from the young judge's in-laws. Known for her exceptionally large feet, Grace would assume the slave–nanny role and exert a large influence in the twins' family, nursing all of...
Moore's Ford Lynching Reenactment
...Take Highway 11 North all the way to Monroe. (Follow the instructions as outlined above.) Note: If you pass Church’s Chicken you have gone too far. Church Telephone Number 770-267-5819...
Love and Death at Second-Line
...was man-to-man — a turf war over beer sales, I'd learn later. I was amazed with how many terms for street shootings we have in New Orleans. Though I knew...
Congregation
...chorus of marquees: God is not the author of fear; Without faith we is victims; Sooner or later everybody comes by here. Tower This week they are painting the...
Lyle Saxon and the WPA Guide to New Orleans
...although some chapters have to be taken cum grano salis (of which, more later). Everyone Drinks Cafe Au Lait at the French Market, from the WPA Guide to New Orleans....
Lift Every Voice and Sing: The Quilts of Gwendolyn Ann Magee
...Heavy thread work suggests layers of architectural and cultural history on a typical street corner. The featureless figure of a musician propped against a street lamp stands in as a...