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Southern Spaces
A journal about real and imagined spaces and places of the US South and their global connections

Birdhouses

...significance. Having lived my life in the US South, growing up in rural South Carolina as a descendent of generations of subsistence farmers on both sides of my family, I...

Selma Bridge: Always Under Construction

...Ohio; and New Orleans's Ninth Ward—locations to be checked off in early spring before the campaign turned serious. Selma and the Pettus Bridge signify victories by a people in a...

An Upcountry Legacy: Mary Black's Family Quilts

...lived her entire life in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Collections of family quilts are not unusual. What gives these special significance is their age, provenance, and the attention Mary Black...

Whatwuzit?: The 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics Reconsidered

...Unbridled commercialism, poor and unreliable public transportation, a deadly terrorist attack on Centennial Olympic Park: such significant failures shaped Samaranch's verdict that these Olympic Games were "most exceptional," but not...