Deep Ellum Blues
...Dallas, the "deep" or far side of Elm Street, between the Central Expressway and Fair Park. We passed through Deep Ellum several times without ever knowing its name; nor would...
A Conversation with Digital Historians
...that I didn’t even know were in the paper. This technique uncovered the relationship between Confederate nationalism and patriotism, and helped me to distinguish between the two. Patriotic and nationalistic...
Finding Media
...copyright. Creators can choose a number of different licenses, specifying what kinds of uses are permitted. CC also offers a useful search function, allowing a user to find particular types...
The X-Codes: A Post-Katrina Postscript
...honor: Part historic preservation, part act of defiance, the spray-painted markings of Katrina rescue workers remain prominently displayed on many reoccupied New Orleans homes." New Orleans Times-Picayune, July 24, 2007....
An Upcountry Legacy: Mary Black's Family Quilts
...Cloth Chintz Wedding Quilt [ca 1850] Paul Black Paul Black (1901-1975) was the youngest child of H. R. and Mary Black. Paul attended the Hastoc School for Boys, then enrolled...
I-26, Corridor of Change
...miles at a time? About Rob Amberg's Work Rob Amberg with black snake caught in his barn eating chicken eggs, Paw Paw, North Carolina. Photograph by Earl Dotter. Courtesy of...
Dancing Around the "Glaring Light of Television": Black Teen Dance Shows in the South
...Rainey in 1924.1Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, vocal performance of "See See Rider Blues" by Ma Rainey and Lena Arant, recorded October 16, 1924, by Paramount, catalogue number 12252, 78 rpm. With "Betty and Dupree,"...
Voting Rights and Southern Legislatures Post-Shelby County v. Holder
Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., June 7, 2009. Photograph by Mark Fischer. Courtesy of Mark Fischer. As our bulletins have previously reported, legislatures in a number of southern states...
When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras
...then returned to North Carolina, where he found work with the Charlotte-based Miss Black Universe pageants. His move back south was part of a national trend. Since the 1970s, the...
Life in a Shatter Zone: Debra Granik's Film Winter's Bone
...the painted and sequined deer head sweatshirt that Ree wears in several key scenes – are part of a carefully constructed ecology of the totemic that pervades the film. The...