Stormy Banks and Sweet Rivers: A Sacred Harp Geography
Overview Introduction On a warm Saturday in early summer, a crowd gathers at a white-washed church in rural Alabama. As they begin to sing, a sound rises that is overwhelming in volume and intensity. The lyrics speak of the transience of life on earth and express a longing for a more joyous existence in the […]
Latinos, the American South, and the Future of US Race Relations
Overview Latinos, the American South, and the Future of US Race Relations: Part 2: Sanchez explores the impact of Mexican immigration on construction work in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina Part 3: Sanchez explores how the US South became the primary point of destination for Latin American immigrants in the 1990s Part 4: Sanchez explores how a century-old […]
The Klan Tableau
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A Mind To Stay Here: Closing Conference Comments on Southern Exceptionalism
Overview A Mind to Stay Here Part 2: Egerton compares his observations in The Americanization of Dixie with social conditions today Part 3: Egerton traces recent politics in the New South, noting how Karl Rove built directly upon Nixon’s Southern Strategy Part 4: Egerton reflects upon the contradictions of the South, highlighting the importance of racial integration and […]
Mississippi as Metaphor: State, Region, and Nation in Historical Imagination
Overview Mississippi as Metaphor Part 2: The limits of James Silver’s image of Mississippi as “the closed society” Part 3: The idea of Mississippi as America writ large: did the “Mississippi Plan” become the American way? Part 4: The role of the scapegoat metaphor of Mississippi as “innocent victim” in segregationist politics Part 5: How metaphors can function as […]
African American Suburban Development in Atlanta
Overview African American Suburbanization Part 2: Dr. Wiese traces how Black suburbs faced intensified segregation and isolation from the post-WWII period through the 1960s Part 3: Dr. Wiese discusses how Black neighborhoods grew primarily through new home construction during the post war period Part 4: Dr. Wiese refers to postwar growth on Atlanta’s west side to illustrate how […]
Rebuilding the “Land of Dreams”: Expressive Culture and New Orleans’ Authentic Future
Overview Rebuilding the Land of Dreams Video Part 2: Spitzer discusses “The Basin Street Blues” and prominent representations of New Orleanians in the realms of work and play Part 3: Spitzer discusses how New Orleans musicians have drawn on their experiences of living in a flood plain Part 4: Spitzer explores the cultural importance of the city’s musical […]
Work
Overview Poem This poem was filmed at the Glencoe Mill in Glencoe, North Carolina in Fall 2005 by Chris Simms and Tom Rankin from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Work You wake up knowing you’ll work.You don’t worry that circumstances will hurt your chances to choose your labor. It seemsyour choice is […]
Global Lives, Local Struggles: Latin American Immigrants in Atlanta
Overview Photograph of Rosa, Miguel and their son. Global Lives, Local Struggles (Documentary footage used in this essay was provided by William Brown, Director, Living Across Borders.) Part 2: Dr. Odem describes increasing rates of Latin American immigration to the Atlanta metropolitan area Part 3: Transnational migrant circuits between Atlanta and localities in Mexico and Central America […]
White Flight: The Strategies, Ideology, and Legacy of Segregationists in Atlanta
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