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The Right to Assembly

The Right to Assembly

Last week, the Supreme Court effectively abolished the right to assembly in three Southern states. By refusing to hear an appeal of...

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Southern Oral History Program Turns 50

Southern Oral History Program Turns 50

In December 1979, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, the founding director of the Southern Oral History Program, sat down to interview Nell Sigmon about her life in western North Carolina. As Hall explained the value of the retired hosiery worker’s story for understanding the early 20th century industrialization of the South, Sigmon interrupted her to say, “Well, of course, you don’t have to be famous for...

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The Right to Assembly

Last week, the Supreme Court effectively abolished the right to assembly in three Southern states. By refusing to hear an appeal of a speaker accused of being liable for what a protester did in an audience the speaker addressed, the court exposed all protest...

Southern Oral History Program Turns 50

In December 1979, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, the founding director of the Southern Oral History Program, sat down to interview Nell Sigmon about her life in western North Carolina. As Hall explained the value of the retired hosiery worker’s story for understanding the early...

News From Around the South, 4/8 to 4/15

FLORIDA: Will a Florida museum on Black history tell whole story? Some worry it won’t Florida’s proposal to create a statewide Black history museum prompted interest, and then glossy reports, from eight communities eager to be the home of a new state institution....

The CIA Wants More Power to Spy on Americans!

Americans need to be aware of the unbridled propensity of federal intelligence agencies to spy on all of us without search warrants as required by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. These agencies believe that the Fourth Amendment — which protects the...

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