Elegy for the Native Guards
...black phalanx. What is monument to their legacy? All the grave markers, all the crude headstones— water—lost. Now fish dart among their bones, and we listen for what the waves...
"In the Neighborhood": Towards a Human Geography of US Slave Society
...next day. On Aventine, like any unfamiliar neighborhood a rebel tried to enlist, the call to insurrection demanded slaves risk all on the word of a stranger and understandably left...
Keywords for Southern Studies: An Introduction
...US South is neither solid nor exceptional. It lacks an essence (and therefore cannot be known in essentialist terms), a polity, and clearly defined boundaries. Such, at least, are some...
The Bulletin—July 24, 2012
...rising global temperatures may have contributed to the increased frequency of droughts in the last few years. Environmentalist Bill McKibben recently penned an essay in the magazine Rolling Stone which...
Call for Proposals for the First Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium
...Atlanta are welcome, but priority will be given to papers that relate in some way to the themes listed above. Preference will also be given to proposals for fully constituted...
Place and Pluralism: The “Georgia Harmonies” Traveling Exhibition
...Sacred Harp singers like myself, thirty or so listeners from the Calhoun area, and three participants in a related predominantly-black shape-note singing community who had long heard of Sacred Harp...
Beyond Fairyland: Writing and Curating Queer Miami
...so I'll just add a few more thoughts. I think I'm a pretty disciplined writer. I'm a former journalist (still contributing to journalism, but now as a trained historian) who...
Call for Submissions: Queer Intersections / Southern Spaces
...theoretical approaches. All submissions must be original work. Although we expect submissions to consider space, place, and LGBTQ+ subjects critically in relation to the series, the list of possible topics...
Transcript of "When I Say 'Steal,'Who Do You Think Of?": Part One
...the Cold War, who listened to my pa sit in front of the TV set and rant against any one who questioned the ownership and disposition of property as it...
Karen Beck Pooley on Defining Diversity in Segregated Cities
...black students' educational experiences and possibilities. For more insight into segregation across the Atlanta metro region, listen to Karen Pooley's featured interview and read her full article at Southern Spaces....