After a 20th-century manufacturing boom, the region has been in a decadeslong decline. Rural factory towns can blame technology and globalization for their woes.
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Lawmakers are seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the United States, but history tells a different story.
Southern governors are starting to reopen their economies at the same time COVID-19 cases are spreading through the rural South.
Religion was no barrier for Southern lynch mobs intent on terror. White pastors joined the KKK, incited racial violence and took part in lynchings. Sometimes, the victim was a preacher.
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PhD Candidate in Religion - Historical Studies, Baylor University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Mississippi
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Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Administration, University of Mississippi
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Professor of Practice in Education, Clark University
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Professor of History; Director of the Global Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Director, Albert Gore Research Center and Professor of History, Middle Tennessee State University
