Somewhere Like Real Life: On Richard Linklater's Boyhood
...the exchange of ideas, and the creation of memories with moving through particular spaces. If we float over Austin in Slacker, we are grounded in the European streets of Before,...
The US South and the 2008 Election
...the end of conservatism itself. The movement has spawned think tanks, media outlets and other institutions that have become permanent fixtures on the political landscape. This election won't change any...
Remembering Documentary Filmmaker George Stoney
Documentary filmmaker George Stoney, 96, died this week. His films include The Uprising of '34 (1995), about a large and violent strike in the southern textile industry in 1934, and...
The Bulletin—January 29, 2013
...to have changes to their voting laws "precleared" by the federal government to protect voting access of racial and language minorities. A similar case declaring Section 5 unconstitutional was filed...
Watching the Surface for a Sign
...Forsyth County, outlining how racism has shaped the image of community Part 4: Phillips discusses poetry, social change, and ambiguity; “Baptism and the role of the church; and disappearing places...
The Bulletin—May 15, 2012
...changes regarding prosecutorial discretion for deportation cases involving illegal immigrants which pose no threat to national security or public safety. The Charlotte Observer and the Latin American Herald-Tribune offer overviews of...
Haiti and the Fear of Insurrection: A Review of The Slaveholding Crisis
...Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, archive.org/details/walkersappealinf00walk/page/n4. Paulus argues that a weighty change occurred in the 1830s: most planters "no longer saw a weak national government as key to slavery's perpetuation" and...
Recording Musical History: An Interview with Lance Ledbetter of Dust-to-Digital Records
Interview...
A Sleight of History: University of Alabama's Foster Auditorium
...that represents tangible social change, we focused upon a few key images. Inside, we saw a furnace that was radiating heat. No one seemed aware that this space was still...
The State House Aflame 1833
Fire can burn brands on a slave's skin as he changes hands like cattle. And chattel slavery in a capital city is as old as fire and man. Milledgeville's no...