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31	Feeling in the public sphere: a study of emotion, public discourse, and the law in the murders of James Byrd Jr. and Matthew Shepard Petersen, Jennifer Anne 28 August 2008 (has links) Not available / text Racism--United States United States--Race relations Homophobia--United States
32	A Matter of National Concern: The Kennedy Administration and Prince Edward County, Virginia Lee, Brian 27 July 2009 (has links) A MATTER OF NATIONAL CONCERN examines the Kennedy Administration’s contribution to the restoration of public education in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and determines if those actions support the dominant narrative of Kennedy’s overall civil rights record – a historical assessment generally generated from a few acute crises. For five consecutive years (1959-1964), in defiance of federal court orders, the county board of supervisors refused to levy taxes to operate public schools, marking Prince Edward County as the only locale in the nation without free public education. The county leadership organized a segregated private school system for the 1,400 white children, but afforded no formal education for the 1,700 African American students. The Kennedy Administration inherited the Prince Edward County school situation – a crisis that threatened to cripple a generation, and, if replicated, destroy public education. In the Prince Edward County school dilemma, the Kennedy Administration took proactive measures, proved sympathetic to the plight of African Americans, challenged Virginia’s congressional delegation, and appointed federal judges that supported President Kennedy’s civil rights agenda. The Prince Edward County story generally, and the federal government’s actions specifically, have been virtually overlooked by historians. A MATTER OF NATIONAL CONCERN challenges scholars to re-evaluate the Kennedy Administration’s civil rights record by including all of the civil rights events of the Kennedy years, thus developing a thorough, comprehensive assessment. A MATTER OF NATIONAL CONCERN is the product of the study of unpublished archival documents, oral histories, interviews, newspaper reports, and secondary sources. This work was created using Microsoft Word 2003. Watkins Abbitt J. Lindsay Almond Brown v. Board of Education Department of Justice Harry F. Byrd Colgate Darden Farmville Rev. L. Francis Griffin Griffin v. School Board Albertis Harrison John F. Kennedy Robert F. Kennedy Henry Marsh Burke Marshall Massive Resistance NAACP Prince Edward County Prince Edward Free School Association Prince Edward School Foundation school closings school desegregation Southside Virginia Samuel Tucker J. Barrye Wall William J. vanden Heuvel Arts and Humanities History
33	From Tidewater to Tennessee: The Structuring Influences of Virginia Schemata in the Settlement of East Tennessee Nakoff, Slade 01 May 2024 (has links) (PDF) For over two hundred years, historians have debated the historical importance of early Tennessee migrants in shaping the state’s history. These discussions center around North Carolina's impact compared to Virginia's. By shifting discourse to the retention of migrant mentalities, the overwhelming influence of Virginia emerges through the continuity of privilege and commodification schemata. This study employs an interdisciplinary methodological approach combining schema theory, memory studies, and material culture analysis to outline the retention of mentalities from Tidewater, Virginia, to East Tennessee during the early settlement period. By utilizing the case study of John Carter of Watauga (1728-1781), the research illustrates how Virginian origins shaped settlers’ perceptions of privilege through inheritance, ordered society, and models of success, as well as commodification through ownership, resource extraction, and speculation. Findings reveal that Virginian mental frameworks were foundational paradigms, guiding settlers’ actions and perpetuating hierarchical structures within Tennessee society. Despite the opportunity for deviation that migration and community establishment provided, elite settlers chose to assimilate and reestablish the dominant position of Virginian schemata within their new environment. The persistence of Virginian schemata in Tennessee informs broader questions of identity formation, migrant nostalgia, and the enduring legacy of colonial mentalities in shaping American history. Virginia Tennessee Settlement Privilege Commodification Schema Collective Memory Material Culture Hierarchy Tidewater First Families of Virginia John Carter Robert “King” Carter William Byrd II Piedmont Dr. Thomas Walker John Stuart John Donelson William Tatham Watauga Settlement Colonial Expansion Environment Ownership Inheritance Speculation Success Social Order Cherokee Attakullakulla Oconostota Traders French and Indian War Frontier Society Cultural History Intellectual History United States History

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