"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...
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...
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...
Naming Each Place
...and poetry as enduring art About Jericho Brown Jericho Brown's first book, Please, was published by New Issues in Poetry and Prose in 2008. His poems have appeared in many...