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Richard Land’s Trayvon problem deepens
By Alan Bean Update: Richard Land has issued an apology for the remarks referenced in this post. Southern Baptist leader Richard Land says he is the victim of a media mugging. First the Nashville Ten… more →
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Blues Stories, 4: 20th-Century Blues Men
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wrote 1 day ago: [Note: This post is the companion piece to "20th-Century Blues Women." A slightly different format … more →
Racial ambivalence and the Old/New South of "Show Boat"
wrote 2 weeks ago: Poster for the 1936 “Show Boat,” depicting both white and black actors. The other night … more →
William Walker
wrote 3 weeks ago: William Walker And The Civil War William Walker And The Failed New Nicaragua William Walker was a ch … more →
The United States of America, Slavery & the Haitian Revolution
wrote 3 weeks ago: The United States of America, Slavery & the Haitian Revolution This essay, my final paper for my … more →
Reconstruction: A Fool's Errand
wrote 3 weeks ago: Reconstruction: A Fool’s Errand This essay looks at the semi-autobiographical work of Albion T … more →
The Economic Development of Washington D.C. Pre-Civil War
wrote 3 weeks ago: Economic Development of Washington D.C. Pre-Civil War This essay looks at the economic development o … more →
The Enigma That Is the South
wrote 1 month ago: A girl in Tennessee was not allowed to wear a prom dress of the confederate flag. I agree with this … more →
Frederick Douglass: American Revolutionary
wrote 1 month ago: Frederick Douglass: American Revolutionary This essay describes and analyzes the life and activism o … more →
Children of the New South
wrote 1 month ago: Children of the New South This essay looks at the fate of both white and black children in the postb … more →
The South: A Republic?
wrote 1 month ago: The South: A Republic? This essay touches on the debate entering Reconstruction on whether the post- … more →
The Slave and the Plantation
wrote 1 month ago: The Slave and the Plantation This essay refutes two common misunderstandings about the Antebellum So … more →
State's Rights In Jeopardy
wrote 1 month ago: State’s Rights In Jeopardy This essay examines in detail the internal debate in the American S … more →
The Southern Planter
wrote 1 month ago: The Southern Planter This essay attempts to define a “typical” southern antebellum plant … more →
Georgia's Slave Debate
wrote 1 month ago: Georgia’s Slave Debate This essay discusses the decision by Georgia’s early colonial lea … more →
Oral History Environmental Scanning
wrote 1 month ago: When CONTENTdm was frozen a few weeks ago, I was given the task to explore some oral history digital … more →
Days of History
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wrote 1 month ago: I’VE JUST SPENT TWO DAYS IMMERSED IN SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORY. I know that’s not everyone … more →
Richard Land's Trayvon problem deepens
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wrote 1 month ago: By Alan Bean Update: Richard Land has issued an apology for the remarks referenced in this post. Sou … more →
Were the Tulsa shootings racially motivated?
wrote 1 month ago: By Melanie Wilmoth Navarro As of yesterday, two suspects have confessed to the Tulsa, Oklahoma shoot … more →
Unflattering Glimpses of the Georgia Legislature, 2012 and 1817
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wrote 1 month ago: [Note: A huge sigh of relief can be heard all round the greater Atlanta area; wives and daughters a … more →
