Reconsidering Appalachian Studies
Faculty and students of the Appalachian Culture Semester, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, 1980. Dr. Patricia Beaver, professor emeritus and former director of the Center for Appalachian Studies, standing...
Mississippi as Metaphor: State, Region, and Nation in Historical Imagination
...2006, an event organized by Prof. Crespino of the Emory University History Department and Professor Matt Lassiter of the Department of History at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor....
The Chimney
...will think of him, long ago pulling the penny from his pocket and pressing it against the drying chimney, leaving his long thumbprint swirling. Published in Chattahoochee (Fayetteville: University...
You Can't Eat Coal, and Other Lessons from Appalachian Women's History
...justice, fairness, rights, and democracy. Women drew upon their experiences in shaping movements for labor and welfare rights, environmental justice, access to healthcare, and women's rights. In the last thirty...
Reuse, Author Choice, and the Open Access Spectrum: New Creative Commons Licenses for Southern Spaces Authors
...long as users give credit to the original work. A CC BY license also allows for derivative works. An author might choose this license if she wants to provide the...
Retelling Virginia's Migration History
...into and out of Virginia pre-dated and paralleled the early colonists'. Pocohontas, for example, was preparing to return to Virginia when she died in England. Had she lived longer, her pattern...
Inside Poor Monkey's
...Many customers bring their own Crown Royal, which is acceptable as long as they buy mixers. By ten o’clock, although the lounge grows smoky and raucous, a code of behavior...
How I Shed My Skin
Presentation and Review Civil rights narratives often empower and embolden, promoting faith in possibilities, hope for rectifying inequities. More sober assessments show that, though we've come a long way—thanks to...
Scarecrow
...cling to your journey — A long walk on yellow brick, two taps From a wizard's wand. I like to think Of these cornrows as a kind of maze, Imagine...
Eggleston's South: "Always in Color"
...1939. Photographic negative by Marion Post Wolcott. Courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Black-and-White Negatives Collection, LC-USF34-052257-D. In the last decade, Eggleston's sensibility has become wildly...