Taming Southern Waters: Christopher J. Manganiello’s Southern Water, Southern Power
...is deeply intertwined with political, social, and economic history. He observes that conversations about recreation opportunities at new dams after World War II "among leisure-seekers, state planners, elected officials, and...
Creolization as Cultural Continuity and Creativity in Postdiluvian New Orleans and Beyond
...a triumphant passage to the "gloryland" with West African ritual/festival processions. These generally include a somber procession to the cemetery by a "first line" of mourners and funeral officials, followed...
The Supreme Court Is Overturning Brown v. Board of Education
...in education—discrimination that prevailed, with official approval, for the first 165 years of this Nation’s constitutional history,” he wrote. “That governmental interest substantially outweighs whatever burden denial of tax benefits...
Wanted eLove: Queer Square Spaces and the Revolution in Digital Intimacy
...who might be made cloudy. We find this early thinking replicated from 1908 through the official Homophile years of activism beginning in the 1950s, beyond groups like the Gay Liberation...
Voting Rights: Justice Alito's False, Partisan Facts
...since the Court understood that southern officials were using a non-governmental political party's all-white primary as an essential tool in the state government's plan to minimize the impact of Black...
End of the Pandemic? A Grassroots Perspective
...one of many non-profit groups that will be affected. In Georgia, the COVID state of emergency officially ended in May 2022, even as it remained in place at the national...
Race and Difference in the "Other America": A Review of Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
...tribute" in an official resolution. Anne Braden called these actions, "apologizing for fifty years of history." Anne Braden: Southern Patriot celebrates Braden’s long career, from 1948–2006, and what activist Angela...
The Civil War and Emancipation 150 Years On
...nation that emerged from the crucible of war a century before. Despite the impressive props and setting, the centennial commemoration faced awkward challenges. The events began as Virginia’s elected officials...
Men at Home: Imagining Liberation in Colonial and Postcolonial India
...to see what gifts he had brought when he returned from an official tour or other engagement out of town. Often, they were fruits and sweets he himself was fond...
Buckner Gap, North Carolina
Poplar tree, Buckner Gap, NC, 1994. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. Remains of the house rumored to have been the site of an illegal liquor distilling operation, near Buckner Gap,...