An Excerpt from Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History
...of their slaves were valuable to them for their present ability to labor; but much the greater number of them were an absolute burden but very valuable on account of...
Welcome!
...our website, updated our audio and video, and significantly expanded our readership. As an online journal working at the intersection of a number of scholarly disciplines, we find ourselves in...
"Holding on to Those Who Can't Be Held": Reenacting a Lynching at Moore's Ford, Georgia
...reenactors were white, a number of African American reconstructed regiments, such as the Massachusetts 54th USCT, regularly participate in these events. The reenactment phenomenon has proliferated globally to include battles...
Revisiting Flaherty's Louisiana Story
...fascinated by the regional landscape that is missing from Louisiana Story, the coastal prairie land that Morgan paints. We had originally been in contact with Morgan because of his connection...
Reconsidering Appalachian Studies
...of Planning. Dr. Obermiller has provided consulting, training, and evaluation services for the Cincinnati Health Department, the Cincinnati Public Schools, the Indianapolis Public Schools, Northern Kentucky Family Health Services, the...
Reverend Will D. Campbell, Southern Racial Reconciler
...indelible mark as a minister and social activist in service to marginalized people of every race, creed, and calling," Carter said. "He used the force of his words and the...
Sapelo Island Flyover
...Life Traces of the Georgia Coast (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2013). Steve Bransford is an educational analyst for video with University Technology Services at Emory. He launched his own production...
Elegy for the Native Guards
...intone. Only the fort remains, near forty feet high round, unfinished, half-open to the sky, the elements—wind, rain—God's deliberate eye. Map National Park Service Gulf Islands Regional Map Cover Image...
African Americans in Atlanta: Adrienne Herndon, an Uncommon Woman
...January 25, 1904). Many African American women who pursued careers in teaching earned respect and status for providing a critical service to a community in dire need. And working wives...
The Future of Slavery's Historical Spaces
Essay At historical plantation sites, where the subject of slavery is difficult to avoid, Park Service interpreters struggle to present the subject in the least offensive manner. Interpreters at Arlington...