The Countryside Transformed: The Eastern Shore of Virginia, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Creation of a Modern Landscape
Introduction Map of Eastern Virginia, circa 1862 When in 1884 the New York, Philadelphia, and Norfolk Railroad, a subsidiary of the powerful Pennsylvania system, extended its line south through the...
Memphis: Cotton Fields, Cargo Planes, and Biotechnology
...live below the poverty level, a number almost double the US average. When compared to other southern cities, the Memphis poverty rate of 23.5 percent is the same as Atlanta's...
Negotiating Gender Lines: Women's Movement across Atlanta Mosques
...in the Atlanta ummah. Mosque communities, both urban and suburban, provide a helpful window into understanding how Atlanta Muslims negotiate ethnic spaces. Chris Yunker, Al-Farooq Masjid Mosque, Atlanta, Georgia, 2009....
Dirty Decade: Rap Music and the US South, 1997–2007
...increasing number of Atlanta-based artists — including Ludacris, T.I., Bonecrusher, Gucci Man, and Young Jeezy — find national audiences, but the exposure of stylistic subgenres associated with Atlanta far outstripped...
Inside the Jackson Tract: The Battle Over Peonage Labor Camps in Southern Alabama, 1906
...cities such as New York and Philadelphia and then on to the forests of Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.14Jacob Ormanskey affidavit, DOJ Files NA, RG 60, Class 50, Box 10800,...
Whatwuzit?: The 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics Reconsidered
...Atlanta was voted number two in Fortune's 1995 'Best Cities for Business' list, the city also ranks number two in the nation in income disparity between blacks and whites, number...
Back to the Future: Mapping Workers Across the Global South
...workers at Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, Atlanta, Georgia, 1915. Courtesy of Georgia Tech Archives & Records Management, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Digital Collection. The experiences of women in...
Atlanta's Charis Books and More: Histories of a Feminist Space
...members marching in the Atlanta Gay Pride Parade, Atlanta, Georgia, 1973 Early History of Charis Books and More: 1974–1981 Photographer unknown, former owner Sherry Emory, founder Linda Bryant, and...
Cherokee Removal Scenes: Ellijay, Georgia, 1838
...removal began, and overstates the number of Cherokees sent from Fort Hetzel, the number removed from Gilmer County, and the number sent to Indian Territory. Incomplete narratives neglected the involvement...
Slavery's Traces: In Search of Ashley's Sack
...named Rose, valued at $700. The full listing reads: Slave Cicero 1,000, slave Sophia 300, slave Jane 400 Slave Jack 800, slave Rose 700, slave David 800, old woman 100...