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News Articles: Southern Identity

Musicians Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson, of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, pose with the award for best traditional folk album at the Grammy Awards. Their music is inspired by the Appalachian region.

Moving Beyond 'The Beverly Hillbillies' To Capture The Richness Of The South

"The Beverly Hillbillies" introduced audiences to the Clampett family in the 1960s and helped popularize the stereotype of the "Dumb Southerner." The...

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Musicians Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson, of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, pose with the award for best traditional folk album at the Grammy Awards. Their music is inspired by the Appalachian region.

Moving Beyond 'The Beverly Hillbillies' To Capture The Richness Of The South

"The Beverly Hillbillies" introduced audiences to the Clampett family in the 1960s and helped popularize the stereotype of the "Dumb Southerner." The...

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Michael Twitty is a culinary historian and author of the memoir, "The Cooking Gene."

Culinary Historian Michael Twitty Explores Who Owns Southern Food

Culinary historian Michael Twitty traces his ancestry through food in "The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African-American Culinary History in the Old...

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On Second Thought For Thursday, June 7, 2018

Jason Reynolds didn't get through a whole book until he was 17. He's now a bestselling author, and he's trying to change the way young people feel about...

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"Voices of Mississippi" chronicles the artists and musicians of Mississipppi, as recorded by Bill Ferris.

Folklorist Bill Ferris Finds The True South

"Southern" has a variety of meanings in the personal and popular imagination. It's a term that evokes history, food and musical traditions and ways of...

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On Second Thought For Tuesday, November 14, 2017

This summer, 27 so-called micronations gathered in Dunwoody, Georgia for MicroCon 2017. A micronation is defined as a small, self-proclaimed entity...

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