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Harper Lee’s unpublished stories are not ‘thrilling’ – but offer insight into a literary legend

Harper Lee with actor Mary Badham (‘Scout’ Finch), on the set of To Kill A Mockingbird in 1961. Leo Fuchs/Getty Images by Paul Giles, Australian Catholic...

Pharaohs in Dixieland – how 19th-century America reimagined Egypt to justify racism and slavery

In the American South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images by Charles Vanthournout, Université de Lorraine When...

How a small Brazilian town became an unlikely battleground over Confederate memory

A Confederate Festival attendee visits the American cemetery in Santa Barbara d'Oeste, Brazil, on April 24, 2016. Mario Tama/Getty Images by Jordan Brasher, Macalester College There...

Family of deacon killed by Atlanta police officer demands justice

The family of Johnny Hollman was shattered after viewing a video of the patriarch’s death at the hands of an overzealous Atlanta police officer....

‘Y’all,’ that most Southern of Southernisms, is going mainstream – and it’s about time

by David B. Parker, Kennesaw State University Southern Living magazine once described “y’all” as “the quintessential Southern pronoun.” It’s as iconically Southern as sweet tea...

Will Smith’s slap shows ‘honor culture’ is alive and well

by H. Colleen Sinclair, Mississippi State University After witnessing the “slap heard around the world” during the 2022 Oscars, I wasn’t surprised when the internet...

How a Black writer in the 19th-century used humor to combat White supremacy

by Rodney Taylor, University of South Carolina Any writer has to struggle with the dilemma of staying true to their vision or giving editors and...

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