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Southern Spaces
A journal about real and imagined spaces and places of the US South and their global connections

Flit Lit in the Sweet Sunny South

...In the book's Epilogue, Thompson writes about attending Professor James Cobb's "Understanding Southern Culture" class at the University of Georgia. After class he treats three professors and three students to...

The Civil Rights Archive

Video Part 2: Dr. Patton explains the layout of Trenholm State's Civil Rights Archive and addresses obstacles she encountered...

Nostalgia May Not Be the Right Word

Interview Part 2: Morgan reads “Backwater” and discusses his history of coming to terms with his origins Part 3: Morgan reads “Heaven” and discusses the place of nostalgia in his poetry Part...

The Black Belt

...slaves were most profitable, and consequently they were taken there in the largest numbers. Later, and especially since the war, the term seems to be used wholly in a political...

Brown, Black, and White in Texas

...rights struggles occurred simultaneously. Despite repeated calls for cooperation and a number of examples of interethnic alliances, African Americans and Mexican Americans ultimately 'fought their own battles'" (2). Behnken examines...