Six Degrees of Alan Lomax: A Review and Multimedia Excerpts
...styles have—for the most part— expired. Today the 1934 Lomax recordings provide the best early record of this diverse array of types. These styles include—but are not limited to—traditional French...
Segregationists, Libertarians, and the Modern "School Choice" Movement
...number slightly above the percentage of the Asian school-age population. Only white students and students with Asian ancestries were in private schools in numbers that exceeded or generally matched their...
All Roads Led from Rome: Facing the History of Cherokee Expulsion
...marched in with his Oglethorpe County infantry company, increasing the number of soldiers to 155 men. With removal just two days away, the privates in Means's company must have been...
Walking into History: The Beginning of School Desegregation in Nashville
...pre-registration and canvassing data, only six of those were categorized as schools where desegregation was "probable" on opening day; by that date, the number had risen to eight. See statistical...
Dixie Destinations: Rereading Jonathan Daniels's A Southerner Discovers the South
...bestseller for several weeks and received warm reviews from northerners and southerners, blacks and whites.3Jonathan Daniels, A Southerner Discovers the South (New York: Macmillan, 1938). All references are to this edition. Publishers Weekly listed A...
Cruising Grounds: Seeking Sex and Claiming Place in Houston, 1960–1980
...some have circled 50 or more times in one night. Depending on the day of the week, there are between 10 and 40 cars circling the block […] It's not...
Starlit Screens: Preserving Place and Public at Drive-In Theaters
...Six's Teri Oldknow led to a three-day festival of bands, muscle cars, overnight camping, and B-movies. The successful Drive Invasion, held over Labor Day weekend, became an annual event, leading...
Baptists and Witches: Multiple Jurisdictions in a Muskogee Creek Story
...Sundays, small weekly meetings are held. The fourth Sunday meeting is held the fourth weekend after Communion service. The meeting actually begins on Friday evening and continues through Saturday. The...
The Tennessee Jamboree: Local Radio, the Barn Dance, and Cultural Life in Appalachian East Tennessee
...Jamboree . . . here on Saturday night. We've had a nice time friends. You have a nice weekend. We'll see you again next Saturday night on the big Tennessee...
Memphis: Cotton Fields, Cargo Planes, and Biotechnology
...Orange Mound neighborhood, intersection of Airways Boulevard and Lamar Avenue, Memphis, TN, 2009. These numbers conflict with the stated goals of present-day development efforts to create a niche for Memphis...