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Southern Spaces
A journal about real and imagined spaces and places of the US South and their global connections

Rethinking the Geography of Lynching

...of a nationwide protest against the practice, organized by the National Afro-American Council in 1899.1Rev. D. A. Graham, "Some Facts About Southern Lynching," Indianapolis Recorder, June 10, 1899, reprinted on...

Black Markets and the US-Mexico Border

...as one of the most sophisticated historical studies of law enforcement in the U.S. See Eric H. Monkkonen, Police in Urban America, 1860–1920 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981). Nevertheless,...

Flit Lit in the Sweet Sunny South

...just not made for Thompson's approach or book—flit's not my lit.  About the Author Tom Rankin is director of the Center for Documentary Studies and associate professor of the Practice...

The Bulletin—December 20, 2012

...A. Hutchins Lecture Series at the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on September 27, 2012. In South Carolina, Governor Nikki...

Atlanta’s Tumultuous Fifties Fifty Years Later

Video Part 2: Dr. Crimmins discusses the Lane Brothers photograph collection, highlighting Atlanta's physical and cultural landscapes Part 3: Dr. Holmes examines how voter registration and Atlanta politics play into...