38 days ago by eleventh stack

As an English literature major and history minor, I was introduced to the American South’s turbulent history as well as its great fiction writers (such as William Faulkner, Kate Chopin, and Flannery O’Connor). With this post, the fourth in my ongoing series of recommended historical non-fiction, I h ...

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60 days ago by David Yeagley

The United States Supreme Court is ready to start a second American Civil War, only this time, the war is not between the states, but between the federal government and the states. It is more like a second revolution. As of today, December 12, 2011, we are told that the judiciary branch of our feder ...

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61 days ago by markomundo

Documenting the American South: Oral Histories http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/index.html Telling the history of the American South is a complex process, and this wonderful collection from the University of North Carolina's Southern Oral History Program is an attempt to tell part of that story. This pa ...

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70 days ago by Mary

One of the many reasons I love living in Virginia.

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73 days ago by awd1970

Snow falls in Memphis, TN, USA, 28 Nov 2011 (AP) Snow does fall in the American South but rarely in November as it did yesterday and today. Snow fell in cities such as Nashville, Memphis and Jackson, Tennessee (where as much as 10 cm was reported) which seldom see more than a few flakes before Decem ...

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74 days ago by Mary

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77 days ago by keithdotson

On a recent visit to the Museum of Appalachia, in Clinton, Tennessee, I saw for the first time some startling work by a deceased folk artist I’d never heard of before. A display from Cedar Creek Charlie’s polka-dot house at the Museum of Appalachia. The figure is wearing Charlie’s actual clothes, as ...

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84 days ago by blogger01

Eleven years worth of book reviews that you can read for free online: LINK

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86 days ago by 1389AD

You heard as a child in your government propaganda camp . . . Oh dear, I am having a Rick Perry moment. Most people don’t call those places “government propaganda camps.” What are the words? Oh, yes, most people call them “American public schools.” At any rate, they told you that the Pilgrims in Mas ...

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89 days ago by CATE

Photo via Pulsarecard.com. I feel like I say this at the end of my time in each country or region, but it's going to be hard to move on. I've had a great time and I'm already anxious to get return to this neck of the woods... I'm definitely adding Louisiana/Cajun Country to my bucket list of places ...

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