The Seventeenth Southern Writers Symposium: September 19–20, 2003 at Methodist College, Fayetteville, North Carolina
...primarily a work of Southwest humor because the Georgia about which Longstreet wrote was simply neither the west of its day nor the frontier. Georgia Scenes, through humor, "realism," and...
Living Across Borders: Guatemala Maya Immigrants in the US South
...before state legislatures in 2006. The state of Georgia took the most sweeping action of any state at the time to control illegal immigration with passage of the Georgia Security...
Spectacles of American Nationalism: The Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama Painting and The Birth of a Nation
The Battle of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, 1886. Cyclorama painting by the American Panorama Company, photographed by Michael Page, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship. Click/tap and drag to navigate within the...
Vivir en las Fronteras: Inmigrantes Maya de Guatemala en el Sur de los Estados Unidos
...de los Estados Unidos a través del recorrido de dos familias de Santa Eulalia, Guatemala, las cuales se hicieron parte de la población maya del norte de Georgia. Las historias...
Television News and the Civil Rights Struggle: The Views in Virginia and Mississippi
...for the best analysis of this linkage). Across the US South in the mid-1950s, local television news had a wide effect on the shape of the struggle over civil rights,...
Crossing Over: Sustainability, New Urbanism, and Gentrification in Austin, Texas
...stops and bike lanes and widen streets to promote public transportation. The most symbolic public spot in the corridor is Urdy Plaza, an open, art-decorated space that honors the African...
Cruising Grounds: Seeking Sex and Claiming Place in Houston, 1960–1980
...came to have the support of the Gay Political Caucus and the Metropolitan Community Church, both organizations invested in promoting the respectability of gay people. Time would prove the MCA's...
Religion and the US South
...efforts in the recent South, often working through community groups to promote principles of Christian fellowship across social boundaries. President Jimmy Carter addressing the Southern Baptist Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, June 16, 1978....
Starlit Screens: Preserving Place and Public at Drive-In Theaters
...military bases. She is a Visiting Lecturer at Georgia State University. Paul Johnson is a freelance photographer, draftsman, and drive-in enthusiast. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Family Drive-In - Stephens...
In Good Faith: Working-Class Women, Feminism, and Religious Support in the Struggle to Organize J. P. Stevens Textile Workers in the Southern Piedmont, 1974–1980
...Stevens situation, United Presbyterian General Assembly," May 29, 1979, Box 1799, Folder 144, AFL-CIO Civil Rights Department Southeastern Office Records,1974–1984, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library, Atlanta, Georgia,...