Between 1937 and 1940 fieldworkers in the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Writers’ Project interviewed around 3,500 formerly enslaved people in North America, resulting in roughly 20,000 pages ...

The southern climate, with its heat, oppressive humidity, and stagnant marshland, accentuated disease and suffering for inhabitants of the Old South, from its early settling through the Civil War and ...

Tonya Bolden has authored, coauthored, and edited more than fifty books for readers of various ages. Many of her titles have garnered starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and other ...

Samuel C. Hyde Jr. is professor of history, Leon Ford Endowed Chair in regional studies, and director of the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies/Archives at Southeastern Louisiana University. He is ...

Since her death, Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) has become an endless source of fascination for a wide audience ranging from readers of The Bell Jar, her semiautobiographical novel, to her groundbreaking ...

William McCarthy is assistant professor in media production, storytelling, and tourism at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates. His work has appeared in such journals as Quarterly Review of Film ...

Willa Cofield is a retired educator with a deep devotion to community uplift. She previously held positions at the North Carolina Fund, Livingston College, and the New Jersey Department of Education. She ...

Cynthia Samuelson spent more than twenty-five years leading public and private information technology services organizations. She formerly worked for the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, ...

Mildred Sexton retired after forty-three years as an educator, having worked for the Halifax County, North Carolina, public schools; the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice; Hampton University; Old ...