Grapefruit Workers in Florida, January 1937
This series of photographs by Arthur Rothstein depicts men and women in canning and packing plants in Winter Haven and Fort Pierce, Florida. While photographs of agricultural work appear throughout the Library...
Scales of Slavery on the Mason-Dixon Line: A Review of Gleanings of Freedom
Review Max Grivno's subtle and remarkably textured history of labor in northern Maryland and southern Pennsylvania, Gleanings of Freedom: Free and Slave Labor along the Mason Dixon Line, 1790–1860, details...
Words Like a Fire: MARBL's Kennedy and Sons Collection
...and decline suggested by the ashes scattered below it, emanates an otherworldly power. Upon close examination of the model building, it is apparent that the roof of the church can...
Mississippi: State of Confession
...suasion be separated from boycotts and legal appeals? Similar to white evangelicalism and white supremacy, movement activities—sit-ins, boycotts, voter registration drives, and judicial involvement—expressed the joining of sacred and secular...
"The Choctaw Miracle": A Review of Katherine Osburn's Choctaw Resurgence in Mississippi
...be taken up when useful, laid aside when not. Nonetheless, Osburn's approach underscores how the Mississippi Choctaws had an active hand in determining their future. Carefully researched and clearly written,...
Cultural Life in a "Chocolate City": A Review of Natalie Hopkinson's Go-Go Live
...narrative to leaven her historical treatment of black DC, and includes several extended oral histories that add flavor to Go-Go Live. This wide-ranging approach, however, leaves little room for nuance...
Call for Papers from The Southern Quarterly: Special Issue on "The Mississippi River and Southern Icons"
...that has been approved elsewhere. Please follow the SoQ guidelines, which are available online. For consideration for this special issue, please submit original manuscripts by November 1, 2014. Email submissions...
The Dirt Eaters
...it will dis appear al together." Miss Fannie Glass Of Creuger, Miss.: "I wish I had some dirt right now." Her smile famili ar as the smell of dirt. ...
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...