St. Augustine's "Slave Market": A Visual History
...capitalize on the site's cruel past. An English immigrant raised in Pennsylvania, Harris did not arrive in St. Augustine until 1898. A contemporaneous image created by photographer William Henry Jackson...
Enslaved Labor and Building the Smithsonian: Reading the Stones
...Peter in 1831 we know that three enslaved men—Peter Bowman, George Bowman, and Beverly Davis—escaped from the Seneca property, presumably heading for Pennsylvania and freedom. (None of these three are...
Natasha Trethewey Interviews Elizabeth Alexander
Interview with Natasha Trethewey Part 2: Alexander discusses growing up in NYC and Washington DC, DC as Upsouth, identifications with Blackness and southernness Part 3: Alexander discusses southernness and urban space, and...
Three Poems and a Critique of Postracialism
...were composed. For instance: Work on Prairie Style was done at two Pennsylvania locations (25 Coventry Lane in State College and 428 North Spring Street in Bellefonte), in Scotland (at...
Music, Race, and Representation Post-Katrina: A Review of New Orleans Suite: Music and Culture in Transition
Review New Orleans Suite: Music and Culture in Transition, a compelling collection of photography and analysis on the ever-changing positions, roles, and meanings of Afro-diasporic cultural expressions in New Orleans,...
Diversity and Its Discontents: A Review of Behind the White Picket Fence
...on the block but not, for example, in the classroom. About the Author Chenoa Flippen is associate professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her Ph.D. in...
Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in Native American Literature: A Panel Discussion
Introduction: Theorists in Dialogue about Native American Literature, Hybridity, and Tribal Sovereignty Craig Womack: Each of the participants who joined me in the Emory discussion on April 22, 2011—Lisa Brooks,...
The Potential of Historical GIS and Spatial Analysis in the Humanities
Presentation Question and Answer Session About the Speaker S. Wright Kennedy is a doctoral candidate in the History Department at Rice University. His primary area of interest is the integration...
Black Lives at Arlington National Cemetery: From Slavery to Segregation
...American History and the director of the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at the Pennsylvania State University. His research centers on the making of Confederate identity during...
"In the Neighborhood": Towards a Human Geography of US Slave Society
...North Carolina Press, 2007). Thanks to Allen Tullos for his encouragement and editorial acumen. About the Author Anthony E. Kaye is an assistant professor of history at Pennsylvania State University,...