Excerpt: Dispossession, by Pete Daniel
Many ASCS offices seemed inefficient by nature, but when faced with civil rights challenges, they became adept at purposeful ineptness. Continue Reading Excerpt: Dispossession, by Pete Daniel
We left so many places saying, “Wow. That was just cool.” There were so many people who were eager to share their knowledge and were so generous with their time. Continue Reading Interview: Paul and Angela Knipple on Farm Fresh Tennessee
I want to stress that what artists like M. C. Richards and other were doing by raising our sensitivity to ecological issues was indeed very important. It was an attempt to help us find the will to actually do something. Continue Reading Howard Risatti: Environmentalism Reviving Tradition in Art
Make sure to take advantage of the limited time offer and order your full set of 24 volumes of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, in either hardcover or paperback, and the shipping is free. Continue Reading Pre-Order The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture at Discounted Rate
I had a new image of the Times Op-Ed department as a kind of graduate seminar on steroids, not just fact-checking and copy-editing but asking the rigorous questions. Continue Reading David W. Stowe: From the Book to the Breakfast Table
Hampton sought to overthrow the corrupt Republican regime in Columbia and promised to protect black civil rights; Chamberlain had tried to bring reform and publicly dismissed Hampton’s promises to black voters. Continue Reading Rod Andrew Jr.: When South Carolina Had Two Governors
Politically active and largely urban, the so-called New Negroes of the 1910s through 1930s confronted dilemmas of the modern age when it came to marriage. Evolving ideas about sexuality and gender roles made ideal marriages a moving target. The old politics of respectability confronted a new frankness in matters of sexual expression and new claims of women on personal and economic autonomy. Continue Reading Anastasia C. Curwood: National Black Marriage Day and the New Negro Era’s Legacy
For me, every story is a journey, so the format was natural: follow the river and pause at each interesting bend to reveal its story—its natural and human history, the way it has shaped our life and politics. Continue Reading Interview: Phillip Gerard goes Down the Wild Cape Fear
The highlight of the event was Tom Ross’s presentation of The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, awarding David the highest civilian honor granted by the governor of the state of North Carolina. Continue Reading Video: Retiring Editor-in-Chief David Perry Honored with The Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Produced with the cooperation of libraries and archives, the enhanced e-book features twenty letters, photographs, first-person narratives, and other documents, each embedded in the text where it will be most meaningful. Continue Reading New Enhanced E-book: Cooking in Other Women’s Kitchens
Filmed in the serenity of a longleaf forest, the book trailer not only introduces audiences to the authors, but also provides a glimpse at the book’s sublime photography. Continue Reading Video: Longleaf, Far as the Eye Can See book trailer
That reaction to Indians’ pursuit of wealth has a lot to teach us, not only about common conceptions of Indians but also about dilemmas inherent in Indian/non-Indian relations and in America’s economy because of that economy’s foundation in lands and resources appropriated from indigenous peoples. Continue Reading Alexandra Harmon: Public Reaction to Indians’ Pursuit of Wealth
State Library staff completed the process of integrating more than 1,900 articles from the “Encyclopedia” into NCpedia on Dec. 7, 2012, with the entry for “Zoning.” Continue Reading Encyclopedia of North Carolina Now Available Online
The argument that an endorsement of immigration reform by the GOP—or, for that matter, by many Democrats—will miraculously translate into more votes by Latinos reflects a simplistic understanding of their experience and history. Continue Reading Gordon K. Mantler: For Latinos, It’s Not All about Immigration
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