Southern Spaces, #TooFEW, and Wikipedia
...to rethink our approach to Wikipedia and to train some of our newer editorial associates in best-practices. Then, in the middle of March, I got to be part of a...
Lynching and Local History: A Review of Troubled Ground
...comprise their own subgenre of the larger field of lynching studies. Their appeal is obvious: they recount dramatic stories of crime, revenge, and violence, set against the backdrop of the...
New Digital Archive of Hiphop and Bounce Music in New Orleans
...app but moves toward a physical reality), a community performance space, and a youth internship program. Viewing hip-hop and bounce music in New Orleans as expressive art forms worthy of...
The Cobb County Braves
...income in the proposed area in Cobb County sits at approximately $61,000, with a poverty level of 8.6 percent. This contrasts dramatically with the median household income of $23,000 and...
Negotiating Black Identities
...in the suburbs, Jack and Jill Part 7: Dr. Lacy compares a "spatial community" with an "imagined community" to show how the two suburbs approach race relations Maps Referenced: About...
Boll Weevil Monument, Enterprise, Alabama, 2010
The historical marker accompanying the statue reads: Boll Weevil Monument December 11, 1919 In profound appreciation of the Boll Weevil and what it has done as the Herald of Prosperity...
Tuscaloosa: Riversong
...the Rona Jaffe Foundation. Her work has appeared in The American Poetry Review, Black Issues Book Review, Ploughshares, Black Warrior Review, Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz and Literature, Bum...
A Review of Lawrence N. Powell's The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
...The Mississippi River flows throughout The Accidental City. The river appealed to empire builders as an artery that could connect North America from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. New...
Music and Mobility on the Streets of New Orleans: A Review of Roll with It
...appear as recently as David Simon's HBO show Treme. One frames the city as a place of extraordinary disinvestment, corruption, and violence. The other positions New Orleans as home to...
The Bulletin—January 29, 2013
...of Justice all approved Florida's 2012 redistricting plans, Florida's Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis issued an order which denied a motion to dismiss a challenge to those plans...