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Five questions with Marc Miller

Marc Miller was on the staff of the Institute for Southern Studies and Southern Exposure for eight years, from 1977 to 1985. He started as a...

01.05.2024 10

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Olivia Paschal

Honoring John Lewis' expansive vision of American democracy on the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Congressman John Lewis was one of democracy's most committed guardians. I met the Congressman when I was 19 years old during an Atlanta-based...

03.04.2024 8

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Trey Walk

2023 elections show the South is still contested territory

The 2023 elections are almost over — just a handful of races are still being decided — and the consensus is that Democrats have plenty of reasons...

05.03.2024 20

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Chris Kromm

Election disruptions and barriers in Southern states point to challenges for 2024

Many Democratic candidates in the South performed better than expected in the 2023 elections. The off-year election saw gubernatorial and state...

25.01.2024 10

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Benjamin Barber

From the Archives: Black, white, and other: The struggle for identity

16.01.2024 200

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Forest Hazel

House Democrats revive push to pass federal voting rights protections

On Sept. 19, National Voter Registration Day, Rep. Terri Sewell (D) of Alabama joined other House Democrats to reintroduce the John R. Lewis Voting...

16.01.2024 60

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Benjamin Barber

Why We Did What We Did: Reflections from Sue Thrasher, Leah Wise, and Bob Hall

  In March of this year, at Pages from the Movements for Justice: Southern Exposure at 50, a panel of some of the Institute’s early...

16.01.2024 10

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Olivia Paschal

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