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...
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...
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...
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,...
Call for Submissions: Queer Intersections / Southern Spaces
...and Bisexual southern experiences Gender identity and performance Canons and Questions Histories of sexuality in critical and popular thought Identity politics in site-specific contexts Pedagogy and the academy's responsibility to...
A Field Guide to Northeast Alabama
A Field Guide to Northeast Alabama Jake Adam York reads the poem "Gone With the Wind." Jake Adam York reads the poem "At Cornwall Furnace." Jake Adam York reads the...
New Shades o'Death Creek
...site above McRoberts, Kentucky, 2005. The Old Road had once been the only way to Charleston, before the four-lane highway — still new to Lydde — went in. They wound...
Baptists and Witches: Multiple Jurisdictions in a Muskogee Creek Story
...is placed in the center of the church floor. Two preachers sit on the west side of the table and two deacons sit opposite on the east side. The pastor...