Patchwork Freedoms: Law, Slavery, and Race beyond Cuba's Plantations
...Society in Colonial Mexico (1660–1720) (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994); María Elena Martínez, Genealogical Fictions: Limpieza de sangre, Religion, and Gender in Colonial Mexico (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University...
Latinos, the American South, and the Future of US Race Relations
...percent of the foreign born in those two neighboring states came from Mexico in that same year. So rather than think that this migration from Mexico to New Orleans is...
Geographies of Hope and Despair: Atlanta's African American, Latino, and White Day Laborers
...construction industries comprised the client base at non-profit hiring halls. The primary goal of non-profit hiring halls was to offer day laborers a "safe" place to wait for work: a...
Six Degrees of Alan Lomax: A Review and Multimedia Excerpts
...during a period in Louisiana's history when the number of native Francophones was in precipitous decline, a phenomenon that colored his scholarship and activism. For more on the decline of...
Memphis: Cotton Fields, Cargo Planes, and Biotechnology
...port in the United States and forms a vital link in the 2,600-mile inland waterway connecting the United States to Mexico via the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.8Karim...
Low-Wage Legacies, Race, and the Golden Chicken in Mississippi: Where Contemporary Immigration Meets African American Labor History
..."So they just stopped you on the side of the road and you said yes?!" Armenta chuckles . . . Yes! So then they said, "Tomorrow we'll come get you...
Cruising Grounds: Seeking Sex and Claiming Place in Houston, 1960–1980
...at 94 in 1982. During the 1980s, Houston endured the double impact of HIV/AIDS and the long economic fallout of the 1981 oil bust. The number of queer businesses began...
"Within Thy Circling Pow'r I Stand": Immersive Video from Sacred Harp's Hollow Square
...attempts to capture the experience of this unique sonic space. Yi Halo and Ambeo VR at Mt. Lebanon Dinner on the grounds at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church, Fayette County, Alabama,...
"Out long enough to be historic": Racialized Gay Space in Pre-Stonewall San Antonio
...tourism and hospitality industry generated an estimated 15.2 billion dollars in 2017. Top, Figure 1: Map showing political divisions of Mexico 1824. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons license CC...
Global Lives, Local Struggles: Latin American Immigrants in Atlanta
...increasing rates of Latin American immigration to the Atlanta metropolitan area Part 3: Transnational migrant circuits between Atlanta and localities in Mexico and Central America Part 4: Situating Chamblee and Doraville as...