Lyrics to Pretty Saro
...would write my love a letter that she might understand. I'd send it by the waters where the islands overflow And I'd think of my darling wherever she'd go. Way...
They Never Witnessed Such a Melodrama
...reported that Mitchell was a troublemaker and a "Negro-hater" and that the mob was "composed of young hot-headed fellows, and not of the older and very best citizens of the...
The US South and the 2008 Election
...American politics wasn't that difficult. The key was to figure out who hates whom — "That is the secret." This formula, which reached its apotheosis in the Rovean politics of...
Eggleston's South: "Always in Color"
...and that night, at the bar, somebody asked me what I'd been photographing and I told him, 'Oh just dirt by the side of the road. I've been photographing democratically.'"5Holzeimer...
The Future of Slavery's Historical Spaces
...for a number of months at Arlington House, explained that visitors sometimes took her aside to ask in hushed tones, "Were there really slaves here?" She also observed that some...
The Cobb County Braves
..."We . . . recognize that what is insurmountable is we can't control traffic, which is the No. 1 reason why our fans don't come to more games. . ....
A Mind To Stay Here: Closing Conference Comments on Southern Exceptionalism
A Mind to Stay Here Part 2: Egerton compares his observations in The Americanization of Dixie with social conditions today Part 3: Egerton traces recent politics in the New South, noting how...
Shaping a Southern Soundscape
...for them neither. We'd have to play basically what we had to play for highbrow white people." "Now, the regular black people you could play the blues for. That's what...
The Bulletin—November 1, 2012
...Association of Research Libraries which features attorneys and advocates involved in the recent Authors Guild v. HathiTrust case summarizing the ruling and its implications for libraries. In Florida, recently enacted...
Southern Spaces General Call for Submissions
...that emphasize spatial interpretation and utilize digital media. Southern Spaces welcomes submissions that: critically and creatively examine real and imagined spaces and places make connections and comparisons between southern regions...