Marching for Gay Rights in Atlanta, 1971: An Excerpt from A Night at the Sweet Gum Head
...driven around where the marchers had gathered, in silent support. "Five or 10 years ago nobody would have suspected this," Bill said.2United Press International, "50 in Atlanta Mark Gay Liberation...
Homage to Mississippi John Hurt
...sing to heal the language of its long service as a tool. Greatest of the fingerpickers, lost in dark mud, I do not know about the god of the fathers,...
The Tulip Quilt [ca 1880]
...advertised his cleaning and repair service: "Bring in your sewing machines and have them made good as new." The fabric on the back of the Tulip quilt is a fine...
Birmingham, Alabama images
...1963-- shortly before morning services were to begin--the Ku Klux Klan bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, killing four African American girls. Published: 28 February 2007 © 2007 David Wharton...
Seeing Sound: Mapping Florentine Soundscapes
Presentation Question and Answer Session About the Speaker Niall Atkinson is Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Art History and the College at the University of Chicago. His publications include The Noisy...
Enchanting the Desert: Visualizing the Production of Space at the Grand Canyon
Presentation Question and Answer Session About the Speaker Nicholas Bauch is assistant professor of GeoHumanities and director of the Experimental Geography Studio at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to...
DOIs and Altmetrics
...Courtesy of Southern Spaces. The journal is also partnering with Altmetric, a service that tracks user engagement across social media and journalistic outlets. Altmetrics allow authors and readers to track...
Marginalization, Mobility, and Sunday Strolls on the Farm
...After buying rural routes from the Kerrville Bus Company in 2012, the discount travel company Megabus recently discontinued service to small towns in Texas' Southwest Area Regional Transit District, leaving...
The Same Language: A Memoir by Ben Duncan
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Lyle Saxon and the WPA Guide to New Orleans
...from him is not superior enlightenment but time and circumstances. It's a gap worth bridging, if only to appreciate arguably the most serviceable guide to the city's culture and history...