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The Day the Dream was Deferred

By Chris Kromm
April 4, 2005 - On April 4, 1968, a shot rang through a throng of striking garbage workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Who fired the gun is still being debated, but the result is not: Martin Luther King, Jr., was killed at the young age of 39 on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel.

Mama's Got the Pill

By Gary Ashwill
April 1, 2005 - Amanda Marcotte at Pandagon says that "Southern women are already feminists, they just don't know it yet." Check out her post on Loretta Lynn and finding the heart of the South:

Old and New South, Red and Blue

By Guest Blogger
March 31, 2005 - by Pam Spaulding of Pam's House Blend and Big Brass Blog As Gary said in his intro post, I'm an actual Durham native -- that seems to be a rarity in these parts at the present time, with all the Yankee immigrants over the last couple of decades.