The Mobility of Faith: Cross Sections of Haitian Religion in Miami
...Faith and Class Distinctions: Haitian Catholics beyond Little Haiti," they explore how the religiosity of middle- and upper-class Haitian Americans reifies their class standing. The economic differences between the mural's...
Back to the Future: Mapping Workers Across the Global South
...mills and factories. Manufacturers touted the dexterity and "nimble fingers" of female employees, who nevertheless were classified as unskilled labor. Small female hands were considered ideal for the tasks of...
Dirty Decade: Rap Music and the US South, 1997–2007
...crunk with African American spirituality and youthful abandon: "Crunk is the closest thing there is to church music . . . you have to look at it from a spiritual...
Spectacles of American Nationalism: The Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama Painting and The Birth of a Nation
...and Andrew Gordon, "Sincere Fictions of the White Self in the American Cinema, The Divided White Self in Civil War Films" in Classic Hollywood, Classic Whiteness, ed. Daniel Bernardi (Minneapolis:...
Trying the Dark: Mammoth Cave and the Racial Imagination, 1839–1869
...from the cave by Nahum Ward in 1816; pseudo-archeological narratives described long-lost civilizations of human or near-human races living deep underground; ghost stories and legends told of Indian spirits haunting...
Memphis by Hand: Creative Small-Business Advertising
...of these colorful hand-painted signs speaks of persistent creativity and the spirit of small business. The sheer volume of these signs in the city affirms the popularity of this mode...
All Roads Led from Rome: Facing the History of Cherokee Expulsion
...grateful to Donna Baldwin for providing a copy of Terhune's notes from her family records. The white business partner of Major Ridge, George M. Lavender, thought his neighbor Knitts was...
North Carolina: A State of Shock
...moderate position. The Charlotte he governed had a Democratic majority city council and a business class that epitomized the state's "progressive" tradition. Once elected with a heavily Republican legislature, he...
When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras
...reinforced many of the lessons provided during my extracurricular activities. Classes and conversations with Professors Sonia Sanchez, Bettye Collier Thomas, Greg Carr, Valethia Watkins, and Mario Beatty, among others, strengthened...
Counterblast: How the Atlanta Temple Bombing Strengthened the Civil Rights Cause
...conspicuously restaurant owner Charles Lebedin whose belligerent refusal to integrate his businesses generated angry protests from black activists in the early 1960s.9Paul Good, The Trouble I've Seen: White Journalist/Black Movement...