History
April 12, 2023 -
The expulsion of two Black lawmakers from the Tennessee House for participating in a nonviolent protest recalls an earlier expulsion of dozens of Black lawmakers from Georgia's General Assembly because of their race. Here's the defiant speech delivered in response by one of those expelled lawmakers, the Rev. Henry McNeal Turner.
March 31, 2023 -
Michael Simmons has been a longtime Black organizer working across regions and movements, from…
March 31, 2023 -
Dan Berger, a scholar of the Black Power movement, has written a remarkable intergenerational story about the Simmons family's long involvement in the Black freedom struggle, from Zoharah's and Michael's SNCC organizing and human rights work to Aishah's anti-rape activism. The title comes from lyrics to a civil rights anthem that for them has been more than a slogan — it's been a guide to a life of service to the people.
March 17, 2023 -
On March 10 and 11, more than 150 people gathered to celebrate Southern Exposure, the award-winning journal published by the Institute for Southern Studies from 1973 to 2011, and to reflect on its legacy for movements today.
March 17, 2023 -
The newly digitized Southern Exposure archive holds meaning for the past — but also for our present.
March 17, 2023 -
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Southern Exposure, a groundbreaking journal of radical Southern politics, culture, investigative reporting, and oral history. We look at its past and legacy by the numbers.
March 17, 2023 -
The Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of Southern Exposure, a groundbreaking print journal of radical reporting, writing, and oral history about the region. Co-founder Sue Thrasher discussed how the idea for the project began with a conversation she, SNCC Communications Director Julian Bond, and Howard Romaine, one of the founders of the underground newspaper The Great Speckled Bird, had on a porch in Atlanta.