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...
"The Choctaw Miracle": A Review of Katherine Osburn's Choctaw Resurgence in Mississippi
...of Oklahoma Press, 1996). Osburn's overarching narrative, if not the specifics of the struggle, is fascinating. As a result of their hundred-year battle, this formerly isolated and impoverished group, reduced...
MARBL Presents Atlanta Intersections: Susannah Darrow on Arts Organizations in Atlanta
...2013, the Georgia Center for Nonprofits included the native Atlantan among its "30 Under 30." Affiliated with the Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta, Darrow serves on the board of directors...
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,...
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...
Kara Walker's Blood Sugar: A Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar Baby
...blood-sweeten'd beverage —Robert Southey, Poems of the Slave Trade, Sonnet III1Robert Southey, The Poetical Works of Robert Southey (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1839), 110. Nothing expresses more viscerally...
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...
Taming Southern Waters: Christopher J. Manganiello’s Southern Water, Southern Power
...history in the twentieth century1 See Bruce J. Schulman, From Cotton Belt to Sunbelt: Federal Policy, Economic Development, and the Transformation of the South, 1938–1980 (Durham: Duke University Press, 1994); and,...