"Holding on to Those Who Can't Be Held": Reenacting a Lynching at Moore's Ford, Georgia
...vintage automobile? Or should they strive only to evoke the “spirit” of the event, wearing regular street clothes and using objects associated with present day experience? What does it mean...
The Bulletin—May 8, 2013
...instituted a voucher system that would give parents the choice to use money the state had allocated to pay for their child's public education to pay private school tuition. Tuesday,...
Deep Ellum Blues
...in itself. There were still cotton fields very close to my suburb of Richardson in those days, and a Sunday drive in almost any direction would turn up numerous little...
An Upcountry Legacy: Mary Black's Family Quilts
...the Black family. Sale Day, Spartanburg, 1881 Held the first Monday of every month, Sale Day in Spartanburg, SC served as the primary market and the trade day for town...
Hearing the Call: The Cultural and Spiritual Journey of Rosemary McCombs Maxey
Video A Reflection by Craig Womack A friend of mine tells a story about his high school days in the greater tri-city area (Wetumka, Weleetka, and Wewoka—Creek names for water...
Just a number, Old Bryce Hospital Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2007
Lyle Saxon and the WPA Guide to New Orleans
...count on one hand the number of writers given high administrative responsibility. Saxon was one of them, and maybe the most highly regarded of the lot. On several occasions Washington...
"Looking Back and Moving Forward": The Records of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference at Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
.... . I cannot help but think that an organization which ignores half of its . . . potential membership or half of the population today in its particular struggle...
Unquiet Emmett Till
...arguing that whatever took place in Money, Mississippi, on Wednesday had no legal bearing on a kidnapping and murder four days later. Judge Swango agreed, and he refused to let...
Coop Co-Op: Agrarian Ideals, City Codes, and the Backyard Chicken Movement
...Atlanta's, but many other municipal codes are silent. A number of cities, towns, and counties are facing an unexpected ambiguity: if there is nothing on the books about chickens, is...