The Makers of the Sacred Harp
...diverse range of wealth, education, and influence, during the age of Jacksonian democracy” (11). He characterizes the early singing schools and conventions less as sites of cultural preservation than events...
Jim Crow Journeys: An Excerpt from Traveling Black
...were sometimes created as a result of new construction and sometimes added to existing structures; but they were almost always smaller, less comfortable, and less convenient than the facilities available...
Counterblast: How the Atlanta Temple Bombing Strengthened the Civil Rights Cause
...and the preservation of the pure blood of our forefathers . . ."16George Thayer, The Farther Shores of Politics: The American Political Fringe Today (London: Allen Lane, 1968), 38. The...
Residues of Border Control
...powerful sign of the unfinished status of even the most secured border, and by extension the possibility of changing the existing terms of the debate and ultimately the shape of...
Submission Guidelines
...Spaces uses Unicheck software to check every article for plagiarism during the review process. By submitting a piece to Southern Spaces, authors affirm that their work is original. Southern Spaces does...
Africana Archives: Making Art at the Schomburg
...idiom that celebrated the artists and their music. Virtually all of the concerts sold out and were videotaped for historic preservation. They now form part of the Center's archives. The...
Social Justice Environmentalism
...health those activities offered. "[T]he color line in any guise was inherently environmental," explains historian Mark Fiege. The spatial configuration of cities and towns, reservation boundaries, Jim Crow segregation on...
Petrochemical America, Petrochemical Addiction
...a joyful family reunion going on against the backdrop of an industrial facility, of a community leader accepting a check from a refinery manager with a lovably dopey grin, of...
Transcript of "When I Say 'Steal,'Who Do You Think Of?": Part One
...in a suit smiled, said hello, challenged me, "You don't know me, do you?" She had been the cashier who'd checked me out on Saturday at Wal-Mart, I guess holding...
J-Mill on Regulating
J-Mill [Jeremy Miller]. 1994. "Regulatin' and Mic Checkin'." The Source 54, Mar., 24. [excerpt] "In Miami, DJing has been going strong since the early days of hip-hop, but a...