"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...
Sankofa Series: What Must Be Remembered
...to national and transnational trade: "It has always been exceedingly difficult to ascertain the exact number of slaves in the Southern states; the usual estimate is about four and a...
Plantation Romances and Slave Narratives: Symbiotic Genres
...War. Its opening scene is also revolutionary in a gendered way: it shows us the remarkable widow, Mrs. Eveleigh, taking on a British naval officer in his cabin in order...
Crosses, Flowers, and Asphalt: Roadside Memorials in the US South
...deceased. Because the memorials are located in open, public spaces, the adorning accessories change with time. Items may be added or vanish. Silk flowers fade and discolor. Plush toys become...
Image Credits
...public domain. Title screenshot from "The Rejected," originally aired KQED, San Francisco, California, September 11, 1961. Screenshot by Eric Solomon, March 2018. Title screenshot from "The Homosexuals," originally aired CBS television, March...
The Change
...to hold a six pack on ice. In the one hundred, fifteen degree summer heat with air so thick with moisture you drink as you breathe. Before the...
Jackson, Mississippi images
...business district. Mississippi State Fair Held annually in October, the Mississippi State Fair draws visitors from throughout the South. Published: 28 February 2007 © 2007 David Wharton and Southern Spaces...
Andalusia: Photographs of Flannery O'Connor's Farm
...this room. The room has an antique wooden twin bed placed next to a small desk with typewriter and chair. The desk is moved against the back of the armoire....
Marching for Gay Rights in Atlanta, 1971: An Excerpt from A Night at the Sweet Gum Head
...homosexuals." Bill Smith, Georgia State Capitol, Summer 1971 The television camera stared at Bill as he strode down the sidewalk. He wore his usual explosion of red-brown hair and goatee,...
Returning Home, Saxon Mills
...a wicker chair, lived like a vine growing outward through children. She made biscuits for breakfast, kneaded the dough with fat hands, washed clothes of six kids and a grandchild...