African Americans in Atlanta: Adrienne Herndon, an Uncommon Woman
...day, had promised before their marriage to allow Adrienne to pursue her drama studies. He probably had no idea, however, how demanding of time and resources that pursuit would be....
"Our Country"—Benjamin E. Wise's William Alexander Percy
...William Faulkner. Among a host of contributions to any number of scholarly debates, Wise's crisp and clear articulation of Percy's views of love and sexuality will attract the attention of...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana images
...2004, there were a number of construction projects underway in downtown Baton Rouge. Tourist on Docked Riverboat Modern-day riverboats, decorated like their nineteenth-century predecessors, transport tourists up and down...
A Review of Matt Miller's Bounce: Rap Music and Local Identity in New Orleans
...States is here generally broken into a number of subgenres of rap and bounce, though the definitions and boundaries of these categories are fluid and often change according to whom...
Opening Remarks: 2014 Callaloo Conference
...Callaloo Conference, our seventh annual gathering, which focuses on "Making Art: Writing, Authorship, and Critique," a subject that seldom, if ever, receives significant headliner attention at academic conferences today. For...
The Supreme Court Is Overturning Brown v. Board of Education
...troubling as that holding is, the opinion also constitutes a major, often ignored long-term impact on school desegregation. Today most students attending private schools are in religious schools, and most...
Residues of Border Control
...found and photographed are often private and reveal the identity of border crossers. Some have actual identifying potential, as they contain the border crossers’ DNA. The portrayal of everyday objects...
Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project: Remembering Ancestors
...transatlantic human trade and provide a means for addressing a painful and shameful American experience whose vestiges persist today. These ceremonies feature rituals incorporating representatives of African, Native American, Asian,...
Bodies and Souls
...rural clinics affected everyday lives. Top, a patient has her blood pressure taken at the clinic in Jonestown, Bodies and Souls, 2005. Bottom, Sister Manette with a patient, Bodies and Souls,...
Gone With the Wind
...the pines, which are not there anymore. It would be Sunday, and he would wait for the rooster to crow over the screen door's creaking. It would be Sunday, and...