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"You don't have to be famous for your life to be history." With an archive of more than 2,500 interviews with men and women from all walks of life,…
Real time audio and/or video of traditional tales told by Native Americans from the Cherokee, Occaneechi, and Lumbee tribes.
Southern Exposure is the award-winning magazine of politics and culture published by the Institute for Southern Studies in Durham, NC. Our site…
There have been many ways of making moonshine. Provides a background, recipe and lyrics to moonshine songs! (Stand-alone exhibit; not updated)
A collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century. Currently…
A class project that remains after the fact, this site is a collection of the ballads and folk tales of the N.C. mountains. "Bawdy Ballads and…
This site, created by Dr. James Leloudis and Dr. Kathryn Walbert as a part of the American Historical Association's program Teaching and Learning…
An early Internet project from 1995, this site uses Southen Culture as a way to explore web technologies. These projects, which focus on the American…
This site is intended to provide a sweeping introduction to the legend of John Henry, the facts associated with the man, and the meaning of some of…
Join our virtual performance as we recreate the ballyhoo, the laughs and tears, and the old-time music that made the traveling medicine show a hit for…