ENG 470: Reading and Writing the South

Wrong-Eyed Jesus

DG — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:53:33 +0000

Some background on the film and its makers, from the press kit.

DG — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:29:12 +0000

Some background on the film, from Metro Pulse.

DG — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:48:06 +0000

DG — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:12:03 +0000

Historian J. David Hacker, using census records, has recently upped the estimate of Civil War deaths.

DG — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:56:33 +0000

The Old South: Images and Realities (Digital History project, U Houston)

DG — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:37:54 +0000

David Blight responding to the question, Could the war have been prevented?

DG — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:44:46 +0000

Judge for yourself…

DG — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:23:14 +0000

WaPo OpEd by Rachel Manteuffel objecting to the editorial license taken w/ King’s “drum major” quote on the memorial statue; Maya Angelou agrees.

If it’s any consolation, according to writer Brian Morton, it’s not just King who’s misquoted, but Thoreau, Gandhi, Mandela, and more.

DG — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:22:04 +0000

NYT OpEd by Cornell West on King’s unfinished legacy.

And I don’t even know what to make of this one…

DG — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:21:07 +0000

For King’s own word’s on the subject of coercion, see his 1955 speech at the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (from which Tyson quotes in his essay).