Ms. Erselene Young,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Remembering Wenonah: Colonialism And The Power Of Representation,
2023
Winona State University
Remembering Wenonah: Colonialism And The Power Of Representation, Adam Gaffey, Monica De Grazia, Iyekiyapiwiƞ Darlene St. Clair, Jill Ahlberg Yohe
CLASP Lecture Series
This panel explores how the lover’s leap narrative and its representation of Native American figures has been used to forge distinctive visions of public memory both in and beyond Winona, Minnesota. For most, details of the lover’s leap are reduced to Wenonah’s fatal action, specifically how she protested her family’s rigid customs of arranged marriage by jumping to her death from a bluff atop the Mississippi River. The goal of this panel is to offer a fuller account of the purposes this story has served in popular memory and the implications of its persistence for different audiences, past and present. …
Dreaming Of Empire: Visions Of Rome And Imperialist Ideology In Twenty-First Century Cinema,
2023
Old Dominion University
Dreaming Of Empire: Visions Of Rome And Imperialist Ideology In Twenty-First Century Cinema, Nathan Keckley
Undergraduate Research Symposium
The blockbuster film Gladiator kickstarted a new wave of ancient historical epics. Some of these, following Gladiator’s lead, drew explicit parallels between ancient Rome and contemporary America – notably Centurion (2010) and The Eagle (2011). The Rome-America analogy allowed Gladiator and its progeny to critique American society, and these critiques have received substantial scholarly attention. Given that these films were produced while America was waging controversial wars, it is unsurprising that one of the critiques they chiefly employ – and one of those scholars have most readily seized upon – is that of American imperialism. Gladiator, Centurion, and The Eagle …
Mary Carolyn Tanksley Wallace,
2023
Georgia Southern University
The 1776 Report And The Historical Establishment: A Review,
2023
California State University, San Marcos
The 1776 Report And The Historical Establishment: A Review, Joseph E. Esparza
Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History
The Trump Administration’s 1776 Final Report was instantly condemned by nearly all professional historical organizations in the United States upon its public release. This review of the 1776 Final Report seeks to understand why the historical establishment so quickly dismissed it as irrelevant and dangerous. It sheds light on the academic context behind the report, and comments on the state of the historical establishment in the United States. This article also gives an honest review of the final report from an historical perspective. This review demonstrates that the 1776 Report was never intended as a comprehensive narrative of American history …
Rev. Bobby Thompson,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Rev. Bobby Thompson
African American Funeral Programs
Funeral Program for Rev. Bobby Thompson on Mar. 18, 2023 at Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Joseph "Big Joe" Johnson Jr.,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Teresa Gordon-Caldwell,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Grace Huff Williams,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Antonio Marquail Stevens,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Mrs. Gracie M. Mincey,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Mrs. Gracie M. Mincey
African American Funeral Programs
Mrs_Grace_M_ Mincey.pdf - Funeral program for Mrs. Gracie M. Mincey
Annie Dell Kirkland,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Annie Dell Kirkland
African American Funeral Programs
Annie_Dell_Kirkland.pdf - Funeral program for Annie Dell Kirkland
Sylvester Grant,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Annette Dickerson Doyle,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Annette Dickerson Doyle
African American Funeral Programs
Annette_Dickerson_Doyle.pdf - Funeral program for Annette Doyle
Quote Transcript, We Exist Series 5: Stories Of Education And Employment In Maine,
2023
University of Southern Maine
Quote Transcript, We Exist Series 5: Stories Of Education And Employment In Maine, University Of Southern Maine Digital Projects
Quotes
Accompanying materials for We Exist Series 5: Stories of Education and Employment in Maine.
Charlie Jackson,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Ceron Anthony Lee,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Mr. Willie Louis Mincey "Big Lou",
2023
Georgia Southern University
Mr. Willie Louis Mincey "Big Lou"
African American Funeral Programs
Mr_Willie_Louis_Mincey--Big--Lou--.pdf - Funeral program for Willie Mincey
Nathan Lionel Hendley,
2023
Georgia Southern University
Nathan Lionel Hendley
African American Funeral Programs
Nathan_Lionel_Hendley.pdf - Funeral program for Nathan Hendley
Lavan Dwight Sawyer Sr,
2023
Georgia Southern University
