The Chesapeake Bay
...dry conditions and consequently reduced foods. What was the Chesapeake like when first European settlers arrived? From the archaeological evidence, several patterns are relevant. First, there were perhaps 30,000-45,000 Indians...
Black. Queer. Southern. Women.
Presentation Part One Black women who influenced Johnson's thinking about literature, folklore, the arts, and "quare theory" while growing up in western North Carolina and when attending UNC–Chapel Hill (5:27)....
Queering Southern Gospel: A Review of Douglas Harrison's Then Sings My Soul
...Black Homophobia," The New York Times, June 1, 2012, accessed August 4, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/us/gospel-music-book-challenges-black-homophobia.html; Louis Bayard, "Review of Anthony Heilbut's 'The Fan Who Knew Too Much,'" The Washington Post, August...
"Gaps in People's Lacks": James Franco's As I Lay Dying
...fellow" (230), is a powerful instance of the "coloring of class" (71), a theme Faulkner explores more explicitly in Light in August, Absalom, Absalom!, and his Snopes Trilogy.5The intersection of...
Julius Hartman
...(August 31, 1890), p. 8.) Sketch of Julius Hartman From "A Born Genius, The Artistic Accomplishments of Mr. Julius Hartman" Atlanta Constitution (August 31, 1890) p. 8. Published: 15 January...
Image Credits
...Street" sign, New York, August 29, 2013. Photograph by Flickr user Luciano Alves, Creative Commons license CC BY 2.0. Historic NYC Mattachine sign, New York, August 6, 2011. Photograph by Flickr user Marty...
Preserving the Memory of Ybor City, Florida
...historian Hampton Dunn, who recognized the priceless value of the archive as a record of Tampa history. Dunn paid Cox $500 for an unspecified number of the negatives, some of...
Public School Politics: A Review of The End of Consensus
...(42, 47). As the numbers and voices of newer residents surpassed those of long-time residents, the diversity policy long understood as "fair and beneficial to children of all backgrounds" became...
I-26, Corridor of Change
...rural counties across the United States, Madison experienced rapid change. In the 1960s, a significant number of newcomers entered Madison County from outside the Southern Appalachian region. The earliest of...
When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras
...number of African Americans migrating to the South exceeded the number of those leaving the region. Especially for returning and primary migrants frustrated by the declining economic opportunities available in...