Segregation's Habits and Horrors: The Photographs of O. N. Pruitt
...Press, 2022). Decades in the making, Hudson's extraordinary book explores the life and work of Otis Noel Pruitt (1891–1967), a white Mississippian who between the 1920s and 1950s served as...
A Green Democratic Revolution
...en commun of Jean-Luc Mélenchon's party La France Insoumise. In their programme for l'Union Populaire in the 2022 presidential elections examining the major challenges today, the party advocates a radical...
CDC in the Pandemic's Wake
...became glaringly obvious during the pandemic and contributed to numerous missteps in the US response to COVID-19."2Daniel Pollock, "COVID-19 Lessons in Ignorance," Southern Spaces, April 28, 2022, the first in...
"The Emblem of North American Fraternity": Opossums and Jim Crow Politics
...Bryan, 2022. Maps created by Stephanie N. Bryan using ArcGIS, 2022. These maps represent over 3,500 "'possum suppers" announced in US newspapers. Opossum consumption extended far beyond the southeast, particularly...
Along the Ulcofauhatche: Of Sorrow Songs and "Dried Indian Creek"
...3, 2022. https://libraries.emory.edu/slavery-symposium/program-schedule.html. The conference opened with a painfully beautiful Muscogee hymn, "Espoketis Omes Kerreskos" ("This may be the last time, we do not know"), sung by Chebon Kernell, a...
Sonic Zora in Florida
...status, a jealous protector of his own archival materials related to their shared work for the WPA, and also a spectacularly harsh critic of Hurston's contradictory persona. See, for instance,...
Draining Paradise: A Tour of Salt Creek in St. Petersburg, Florida
...and back door. North of Central Avenue, tourists enjoy Instagram-worthy waterfront parks, showcasing urban amenities alongside Tampa Bay. Today, these parks receive the overwhelming bulk of public funding and remain...
"Beer, Prayer and Nellydrama": (Im)Possibilities in Max Vernon's The View UpStairs
...Uprising in the early morning of June 28, 1969, when LGBTQ+ people—particularly those who were Black and Brown—fought back.15Although the most well-known, the Stonewall Uprising was not the first instance...
Covid Light and Darkness Alike
...health justice and health advocacy. Beginning in 2022, the series expands to include 1000-word blog posts, as well as longer commentaries, essays, articles and media productions that address the public...
The Making of the Arkansas Cemetery Angel: AIDS Activism, Care Work, and Fragmentary Archives in the Life of Ruth Coker Burks
...Culture, Little Rock, Arkansas. Criticism in Context The Files Cemetery Angel, Hot Springs, AR, 2022. Monument by Pacific Coast Monuments. Ruth commissioned the statue and oversaw its installment at...