Routes of Reconciliation: Visiting Sites of Cultural Trauma in the US South, Northern Ireland, and South Africa
...of Civil War reenactors, at best, and, at worst, modern Kluxers, trying to mainstream. Southern whites have celebrated the family, racial, and historical meanings of the Lost Cause, but these...
John Yoshida in Arkansas, 1943
...the ability to think, to ascertain available courses of action, and to then act in one's best interest. When that interest runs counter to that of one's captors—who here wanted...
Transcript: Interview with Jim Bunkley
...think is the best way— Mitchell: —That’s right— Jim Bunkley: For the sound, that’s the way you have to play. Mitchell: So you learned off Blind Lemon records? Jim Bunkley:...
Segregation's New Geography: The Atlanta Metro Region, Race, and the Declining Prospects for Upward Mobility
...aristocracy" that grew up around the city's elite black colleges of Morehouse and Spelman. The city's ranking as one of the five best US cities for blacks in business helped...
A Video Excerpt from The Well-Placed Weed: The Bountiful Life of Ryan Gainey
...the end, we did our best to wrangle an honest character study. Top, one of Ryan Gainey's garden rooms, Decatur, Georgia, 2010. Bottom, Ryan Gainey, Decatur, Georgia, 2015. Screenshots from...
Mississippi as Metaphor State, Region, and Nation in Historical Imagination
Mississippi as Metaphor Part 2: Dr. Crespino discusses and suggests the limits of James Silver’s image of Mississippi as “the closed society” Part 3: Dr. Crespino traces the idea of Mississippi as...
Cultivating Freedom: A Review of Bobby Smith’s Food Power Politics
...in Mississippi that centers public welfare programs as a threat, best exemplified by Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves’s (R) refusal to participate in a federally funded program aimed at supporting food...