Contesting the Roadways: The Moore's Ford Lynching Reenactment and a Confederate Flag Rally, July 25, 2015
...and Salem saw dramatic Klan rallies and burning crosses through the mid-century period. Pamela, a relative of one of the Moore's Ford lynching victims, remarked afterwards, "You know that they...
Andalusia: Photographs of Flannery O'Connor's Farm
...was arranged when she left this room for the last time in 1964. Andalusia, Spring and Summer 2007 After reading Lawrence Downes' article, "In Search of Flannery O'Connor," in the...
The Mobility of Faith: Cross Sections of Haitian Religion in Miami
...the liturgy is spoken in local languages rather than in Latin (63). at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Kendall, and at Christ the King Catholic Church in Perrine...
New Shades o'Death Creek
Excerpt Set in West Virginia, this excerpt from Giardina's novel of time-space travel, Fallam's Secret (2003), evokes the physical and emotional landscapes of mountaintop removal in the southern Appalachians. On...
Blues in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley
...radio influenced blues musicians in this largely rural region, as Precious Bryant discusses: Bryant talks about her family's Grafonola record player and radio. Recorded in Waverly Hall, Georgia, ca. late...
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....