Jim Crow Journeys: An Excerpt from Traveling Black
...Virginia, the Sea Board Air Line Railway ran along the South's eastern coast, terminating in Florida. Despite its name, it owned no airplanes. Before the days of air travel, "air...
African American Community Building in Atlanta: A Guide to the Study of Race in America
...of the Appalachian chain supports the geographical and economic framework within which race can fruitfully be studied. Bi-racial and Bi-ethnic Atlanta Until recent decades, Atlanta's population, like that of the...
Katrina, One Year Later: Three Perspectives
...they would rebuild and realized, if I were a resident of the Gulf Coast, I too would stay. Photo Essay Larger Versions of Photo Collages: Map of Mississippi Coastal Damage...
"The Emblem of North American Fraternity": Opossums and Jim Crow Politics
...and Politics Wrestle for Supremacy Down at Newnan's Feast," The Atlanta (GA) Constitution, Jan. 1, 1898, 5. Although Atlanta Constitution columnist Bill Arp concluded after the event that "a politician...
Starlit Screens: Preserving Place and Public at Drive-In Theaters
...cities, Atlanta, along with Tampa, Miami-Dade, and Memphis, still boasts a drive-in within city limits, something few US cities can claim. Located in southeast Atlanta on Moreland Avenue, two miles...
"Puerto Ricans Live Free": Race, Language, and Orlando's Contested Soundscape
...hundred acres of commercial development, six thousand single family residences, six thousand multi-family dwellings, park sites, church and school sites, a country club, swimming pool, tennis courts, an executive golf...
Southern Spaces: A Partial History
...Atlanta, Cyclorama, Atlanta, Georgia, 1886, Daniel A. Pollock's "The Battle of Atlanta: History and Remembrance," May 30, 2014. Painting courtesy of Southern Spaces. Doster: Many of the pieces mentioned above...
Going South, Coming North: Migration and Union Organizing in Morristown, Tennessee
...mountains of east Tennessee, Morristown explores the lived experiences of workers from Tennessee and Mexico who speak about their lives, work, disappointments, and hopes. These conversations are combined with scenes...
John Cohen in Eastern Kentucky: Documentary Expression and the Image of Roscoe Halcomb During the Folk Revival
Preface On a muggy Sunday afternoon in June of 1959, John Cohen wandered the winding mountain roads of eastern Kentucky searching for old-time musicians. Neon, Bulan, Vicco, Viper, Daisy, Defiance...
New Patterns of Segregation: Latino and African American Students in Metro Atlanta High Schools
...Asian immigrants settled near a handful of geographic centers along the West and East coasts and the Southwest of the United States, but in recent decades immigrants have increasingly gravitated...