As part of Juneteenth celebrations this week, Major League Baseball is honoring the Negro Leagues — African American professional baseball teams of the 1920s to 1940s — with several games at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, former home of the Black Barons.
Athens’ tallest tax-exempt landowner is a 78-year-old white oak tree. On Second Thought explores the story of “The Tree That Owns Itself” — and where it stands in the complex landscape of Southern history.
The Peabody Awards announced winners in radio and podcasting this week, among them Type Investigations and Reveal for their "Monumental Lies" episode....
Town and gown tensions are high at the University of Georgia as the end of the school year nears. Amid national conversations about the historical role...
Few people have done more to thoroughly understand Southern identity than Bill Ferris. For the last half century, the folklorist has used photographs,...
To many Georgians, barbecue is not just food. It's a lifestyle. Over the years, barbecue has evolved in the Atlanta area. Southern folks still grill out...
The state of Georgia did away with Confederate History Month in 2015, but last week Atlanta suburb Griffin declared April as Confederate History Month....
Between 1956 and 1961, "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee wrote a series of personal letters , now available to the public at Emory University's...
