Atchison newspaper
...there the matter will end for all time. 'It will not look right to eastern people if we do not condemn the lynching,' said one legislator yesterday,'but personally I approve...
Lawrence newspaper
Lawrence Daily Journal, reprinted in Leavenworth Times. Untitled. January 24, 1901. "Kansas is again the recipient of columns of advice from other states. Other states should understand that this is...
Topeka newspapers
...Times Two Texas cowpunchers tried to hang a negro named John E. Lewis on Santa Fe train No. 17 last night, and were only prevented when the negro drew a...
Article praising Ponce de Leon's appearance
...etc]; retaining the former amusements, which were the joys of those who hungered and thirsted after pleasure, while new features have been added, which promise in time to become as...
Substantiation
...the cabin, at the bridge, their alibis are gone. The stranger emerges from the river then disappears. The little girl's mother rises from her grave, home just in time for...
The Mystery of the Great Blue Heron
The poet tries to make the heron a god, but the heron does not care. The heron wades along the shore, a dark body absorbing light, patience stopping time. The...
The Dirt Eaters
Southern Tradition of Eating Dirt Shows Signs of Waning —headline, The New York Times, 2/14/84 tra dition wanes I read from North ern South: D.C. Never ate dirt but I...
Gulf of Knowledge: The Hidden Scientific History of the Early American Southeast
...Culture. And Strang productively amplifies the scope of these studies by considering multiple cultures—Indian, African, Anglo, French, and Spanish—across a timespan of more than three centuries (1500–1850). Map showing the...
Shared Space, Separate Pasts: Versions of Slavery in Charleston
...at different times and from different angles, this long-dominant chronicle has downplayed slavery or cast it as a benevolent and civilizing institution. The common theme is a silencing of inhumanity...
Transcript: Interview with Precious Bryant
...shows and little parties and things, and I would play when I was going to school. Yep, and our sisters we had a group. The first time we started singing...