Cherokee Removal Scenes: Ellijay, Georgia, 1838
...bullied, and bribed the southeastern Indian nations to emigrate west of the Mississippi River while the southeastern states asserted sovereignty over Indians and claimed rights to their land. No state...
The Digital Yoknapatawpha Project
...Turner, of H-Southern-Lit, and is a contributing editor for Digital Yoknapatawpha. About the Interviewers This interview was conducted by Southern Spaces staff members Sarah Van Horn Melton and Emma Lirette....
The Shenandoah Valley
...promote railroad and coal mining throughout southwestern Virginia, Appalachia, and the Valley in the 1870s and 1880s. The beauty of the region attracted investors to build hotels and resorts,...
"Rights Still Being Righted": Scottsboro Eighty Years Later
...promoting equity. Dan T. Carter, who wrote Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South, the definitive account of the trials, sounded a similar theme in his keynote address, urging those...
A Green Democratic Revolution
...challenges of the twenty-first century. To secure clean air and water, climate and community resilience, healthy food, access to nature, and a sustainable environment for all. To promote justice and...
Brick by Brick: Atlanta’s Collier Heights
...developed, financed, designed, and constructed by African Americans for African American residents.2See Betsy Riley, "Collier Heights awarded Local Historic district status," Atlanta Magazine, May 16, 2013, http://www.atlantamagazine.com/civilrights/collier-heights-awarded-local-historic-district-status/; U.S. Department of the...
The Greatest Slave Rebellion in Modern History: Southern Slaves in the American Civil War
Video Part 2: The Greatest Slave Rebellion in Modern History: Southern Slaves in the American Civil War Part 3: The Greatest Slave Rebellion in Modern History: Southern Slaves in the American...
Voting Rights and Southern Legislatures Post-Shelby County v. Holder
...History"), changes to voting laws in southern states have been employed by legislators to deny African Americans and other minorities the franchise across the US South. Suitts's piece describes what...
Wounds, Vines, Scratches, and Names: Signs of Return in Southern Photography
...mix of canonical, mature artists and talented younger photographers. They are all “from” the South, where they have all lived and done important work. But for Wylie, their “southernness” lies...
A Real American Horror Story: On Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave
...attitudes that survived the Civil War and Reconstruction to terrorize African Americans in the US South deep into the twentieth century. To this day, we hear the echoes of this...