Sonic Zora in Florida
...of" such spells, it is "as if [she] had just been born again," Hurston nonetheless was plagued at times with questions about how best to make sense of her inner...
Segregation's New Geography: The Atlanta Metro Region, Race, and the Declining Prospects for Upward Mobility
...aristocracy" that grew up around the city's elite black colleges of Morehouse and Spelman. The city's ranking as one of the five best US cities for blacks in business helped...
A Video Excerpt from The Well-Placed Weed: The Bountiful Life of Ryan Gainey
...the end, we did our best to wrangle an honest character study. Top, one of Ryan Gainey's garden rooms, Decatur, Georgia, 2010. Bottom, Ryan Gainey, Decatur, Georgia, 2015. Screenshots from...
Mississippi as Metaphor: State, Region, and Nation in Historical Imagination
Mississippi as Metaphor Part 2: The limits of James Silver’s image of Mississippi as “the closed society” Part 3: The idea of Mississippi as America writ large: did the “Mississippi...
Cultivating Freedom: A Review of Bobby Smith’s Food Power Politics
...in Mississippi that centers public welfare programs as a threat, best exemplified by Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves’s (R) refusal to participate in a federally funded program aimed at supporting food...
Reframing Resistance: A Review of Freedom Now!
...published in a best-selling segregationist pamphlet in an attempt to discredit the behavior of black activists. It was also published in Jet magazine where it questioned the unjust use of...
Race and Difference in the "Other America": A Review of Anne Braden: Southern Patriot
...that had previously shunned her began presenting her with awards. The American Civil Liberties Union gave her the first Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty, and the Southern Regional Council bestowed...
"Closest to Everlastin'": Ozark Agricultural Biodiversity and Subsistence Traditions
...of pork served with a variety of beans and cornbread. An Arkansas WPA (Works Progress Administration) researcher in the 1930s recorded a recipe for “Poke Sallit, one of the best-liked...
Men at Home: Imagining Liberation in Colonial and Postcolonial India
...time, it is said: best of all, through quick economic growth and expanding opportunities and education around the globe. I believe the present work is necessary also because, for all...
Sài Gòn to Nashville: A Refugee Journey
...was easier to find work, especially physical labor jobs, that required little to no English. My father’s family was convinced that moving to Nashville was their best plan of action,...