The Other Side of Paradise: Glimpsing Slavery in the University's Utopian Landscapes
...men for the clergy, the new college aimed to provide its students with disciplined routines and surroundings that would incline its pupils towards thought of Higher Spheres. From the outset,...
African American Community Building in Atlanta: A Guide to the Study of Race in America
...honor to be called 'Negroes'." From the use of "colored" and "Negro" to "African American," "Black," and "Bi-racial," the problem of naming and being named has reflected the struggles of...
Preserving the Memory of Ybor City, Florida
...604 total results from the HCPLC Burgert Brothers Archive, the Florida Photographic Collection, the Rollins College Digital Archives, and the University of Florida Digital Collections. The Rollins College Digital Archives...
Finding Media
...few favorite sites and search strategies for finding useable media: Public Domain and US Government works: The term "public domain" can be a little tricky—there are a number of caveats...
The X-Codes: A Post-Katrina Postscript
...sprayed on a roof or at the roofline, as seen occasionally in Lakeview, would have been applied from a boat. A code painted over successive water lines (indicating where the...
An Upcountry Legacy: Mary Black's Family Quilts
...1898 at the age of eighty-three. Rosa Benson Rosa Miller Benson (1826-1908), was the oldest of the eleven children of Silas Benson and Nancy Miller Benson. The details of her...
I-26, Corridor of Change
Introduction Highway Construction on I-26, Buckner Gap, North Carolina. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. "Good roads take people both ways," said a Madison County resident, anticipating the completion of I-26...
Deep in the Cane: The Southern Soul of Gil Scott-Heron
...consideration of how the southern roots and routes of his art frequently landed his listeners in a more transnational space. Anything but geographically limited in his conceptualization of the South,...
Dancing Around the "Glaring Light of Television": Black Teen Dance Shows in the South
...and the Early Years of Rock & Roll (New York: Shirmer Trade Books, 2000), 168–169; Jackson, American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock 'n' Roll Empire (New...
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...