Mars Hill, North Carolina
...Signage on NC 213 in Mars Hill, Mars Hill NC, 2004. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. second image alt Published: 5 June 2007 © 2007 Rob Amberg and Southern Spaces...
Gold Records in Deep Space
...nearby House of Cash museum. While more than half of the "Hurt" video features contemporary footage of Cash and wife June Carter, much is also made of archival material. Early...
Laurel River, North Carolina
...the columns for the new bridge over the Laurel River, Laurel River, NC, 2002. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. Published: 5 June 2007 © 2007 Rob Amberg and Southern Spaces...
Highlighting Charleston's African American History through the Lowcountry Digital History Initiative
...to the shootings at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on June 17, 2015, the LDHI team is partnering with Toni Carrier from Lowcountry Africana and Emanuel AME church leaders to develop...
Call for Blog Posts: Voting, Politics, and Similar Subjects
...https://southernspaces.org/2019/you-cant-eat-coal-and-other-lessons-appalachian-womens-history/. Voting Rights, June 30, 2013. Cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Republished with permission of Mike Luckovich. Submit all inquiries and materials to Southern Spaces managing editor Madison Elkins at seditor@emory.edu....
Catfish Dream: An African American Vision in the Delta
Introduction The catfish didn't miss the current. They'd never known it. They lapped the pond all day like pace cars. At feeding time, they thrashed for their share of pellets....
Congregation
Congregation https://vimeo.com/134849755 Natasha Trethewey reads her poem "Congregation," 2010. View poem text here. National Park Service Gulf Islands Regional Map of Gulfport, Mississippi and the Gulf Coast About Natasha Trethwey...
Transcript: "Lucy Mae Blues" by Cecil Barfield
...afternoon Next time I saw her boys, was the Nineteenth of June Better not let my good gal catch you here Ain’t no telling, man, what poor little Lucy Mae...
Mother Jones: Back in Alabama
Blog post Mother Jones died ninety years ago, but she was back in Alabama this July. It was not her first visit to the state. She came to Birmingham and...
Beasts of the Southern Wild and Dirty Ecology
Review I adored Beasts of the Southern Wild and have seen it three times: each viewing a quick incursion into the southern surreal. Benh Zeitlin's movie has received a nomination...