Cajun South Louisiana
...Planters imported almost 30,000 slaves from west Africa, through the French West Indies. The light-skinned descendants of the Creole planters (those claiming French-Spanish ancestry) and slaves became Creoles of Color....
Bioregional Approach to Southern History: The Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
...persistence." Hundreds of scientists have contributed to the development of WWF's Conservation Science Program and identified over 800 distinct terrestrial ecoregions across the globe.1Robert G. Bailey, Description of the Ecoregions...
Africana Archives: Making Art at the Schomburg
...descent. With collections numbering in excess of ten million items including books, manuscripts, correspondence, personal and professional papers of individuals, archived records of Africana institutions and organizations, as well as...
Still under the Influence: The Bioregional Origins of the Hub City Writers Project
...hundred $100 fine print hardbacks of the book, unavailable for retail. When the paperback came out in April of 1997, we sold 800 copies the first day at a book...
Good-Bye to All That?
...happened. In a precinct where registered Democrats made up 37 percent, Republicans 30 percent, and "unaffiliated" 33 percent, the incumbent Democratic US senator Kay Hagan earned 38 percent of the...
"Looking Back and Moving Forward": The Records of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference at Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
...Rap,” “discussion with Florynce Kennedy and Diane Schulder,” June 27, 1971, SCLC records, MARBL, Emory University. The SCLC collection contains audio recordings of these radio programs, transcripts of aired interviews,...
End of the Pandemic? A Grassroots Perspective
...for crisis in Jackson, MS, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2022. Photograph courtesy of ESA. The flexibility surrounding nontaxable disaster relief funds eased mutual aid work. Mutual aid has a long history...
Preserving the Memory of Ybor City, Florida
...there. This Florida visit was part of Halpert's collection of recordings made in nine Southern states between March 12 and June 30, 1939. Assisting Halpert on his expedition was Stetson...
The Other Side of Paradise: Glimpsing Slavery in the University's Utopian Landscapes
...to the memory of Bob Hammond 1858 to 1923 and Billy Mitchell 1886 to 1958 Who together contributed 95 years Of faithful and efficient service to "Old Emory" Dedicated June...
When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras
...number of African Americans migrating to the South exceeded the number of those leaving the region. Especially for returning and primary migrants frustrated by the declining economic opportunities available in...