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My “Love Letter” in the “Montgomery Advertiser”

February 7, 2020

I’m pleased to have one of the new “Love Letters to Montgomery” in the Montgomery Advertiser series that’s running this month. My short “love letter”…
Black History Month: The Whitehurst Case

February 4, 2020

The most common reaction that I’ve encountered to Bernard Whitehurst, Jr.’s story is disbelief. I’ll admit that I experienced a fair bit of it myself…
A new article on “It’s A Southern Thing”

February 1, 2020

I’m pleased to have a new article about the Lillian E. Smith Center in Clayton, Georgia published on It’s A Southern Thing. The article centers on…
Southern Movie 45: “Macon County Line” (1974)

January 28, 2020

Written, produced by, and starring Max Baer, Jr. – well-known as Jethro Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies – 1974’s Macon County Line made claims that it was…