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= The South = The South includes East Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas. This region overlaps with Appalachia and the Southern Coastlands, so please be careful not do reference the coastal areas or the mountain areas of the South. See the other pages to understand where the overlap is.

A Little History for ya... Slavery in America ====Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. Slavery was practiced throughout the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, and African-American slaves helped build the economic foundations of the new nation. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 solidified the central importance of slavery to the South’s economy. By the mid-19th century, America’s westward expansion, along with a growing abolition movement in the North, would provoke a great debate over slavery that would tear the nation apart in the bloody American Civil War (1861-65). Though the Union victory freed the nation’s 4 million slaves, the legacy of slavery continued to influence American history, from the tumultuous years of Reconstruction (1865-77) to the civil rights movement that emerged in the 1960's, a century after emancipation. ====

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= [|Old State House Museum-Arkansas] =

The Old State House is a historic building in [|Little Rock, Arkansas], [|USA]. It is the oldest surviving state capitol building west of the [|Mississippi Riv][|er.][|The Old State House is a historic building in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. It is the oldest surviving state capitol building west of the Mississippi River. It is known best as the site of President Bill Clinton's election night celebration in 1992.er]. It is known best as the site of President [|Bill Clinton] 's election night celebration in 1992. In 1837 a fatal knife fight between legislators in the Arkansas House of Representatives occurred in the legislative chamber. During the American Civil War the building was used by Union troops occupying Little Rock. During Reconstruction the building was an object of contention in the so-called Brooks-Baxter War and the building was fortified during that struggle. The "Lady Baxter" cannon still remains on the grounds. The building continues to serve as a museum with exhibits related to Arkansas history and culture. Permanent collections include Civil War battle flags, the inaugural gowns of governors' wives, Arkansas art pottery, and African-American quilts. Special exhibits are staged periodically as well.



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The Many Wonders of Nature "Georgia"



"Texas"

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Friday, October 17, 2014 The collision occurred in the northwest Arkansas on Thursday after a freight train and a passenger train collision left dozens injured.The six crew members and 38 passengers aboard were all injured, according to the Arkansas Railroad Police.The passenger train is operated by the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad, said Ron Sparks, the railroad's police chief.The train departed from Springdale, Arkansas, and was headed to Van Buren to take passengers on a fall foliage excursion.The trains collided Thursday morning when the passenger train stalled on a small grade, apparently because of excess leaves on the track, according to police.

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[|Swat team burns baby with stun grenade (Georgia)] Tuesday, October 7, 2014 The SWAT team, made up of six or seven officers from the sheriff's department and the Cornelia Police Department, entered the Cornelia residence of Wanis Thonetheva on the morning of May 28.A confidential informant hours earlier had purchased methamphetamine at the house, the sheriff said. Since Thonetheva had a previous weapons charge, officers were issued a "no-knock warrant" for the residence, Terrell said.When the SWAT team hit the home's front door with a battering ram, it resisted as if something was up against it, the sheriff said, so one of the officers threw the flash-bang grenade inside the residence. Once inside the house, the SWAT team realized it was a portable playpen blocking the door, and the flash-bang grenade had landed inside where a 19-month-old was sleeping, the sheriff said.A medic on the scene rushed the baby outside to administer first aid, and a nearby ambulance transported the baby to a hospital.



[|Gunman opens fire in Florida State University library] Tallahassee, Florida (CNN) -- Gunshots rattled a peaceful, packed Florida State University library early Thursday, with three students getting hurt as hundreds more huddled between bookshelves before police encountered and killed the gunman outside.



[|It's just a game! North Carolina] Thursday October 23, 2014 For 18 years, thousands of students at the prestigious University of North Carolina took fake "paper classes," and advisers funneled athletes into the program to keep them eligible, according to a scathing independent report released Wednesday. "These counselors saw the paper classes and the artificially high grades they yielded as key to helping some student-athletes remain eligible," Kenneth Wainstein wrote in his report.He conducted an eight-month investigation into the scandal, which has plagued the university for nearly five years.Four employees have been fired and five more disciplined because of their roles. One other former employee had honorary status removed, Chancellor Carol Folt said Wednesday.In all, the report estimates, at least 3,100 students took the paper classes, but the figure "very likely falls far short of the true number."For the first time since the scandal first came to light five years ago, UNC admitted that the wrongdoing went further than academics and involved its athletic programs.Gerald Gurney, president of the Drake Group, whose mission is "to defend academic integrity in higher education from the corrosive aspects of commercialized college sports," said the findings should provide fodder for the NCAA to levy one of its most severe charges against UNC: lack of institutional control."I can safely say that the scope of the 20-year UNC fraud scandal easily takes the prize for the largest and most nefarious scandal in the history of NCAA enforcement. The depth and breadth of the scheme -- involving counselors, coaches, academic administrators, faculty, athletic administrators, etc. -- eclipses any previous case," Gurney said.



[|Missouri judge overturns state's ban on same-sex marriag] [|Map of same sex marriage in the United States] A Missouri judge has overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriages and ordered registrars to start issuing licenses to gay and lesbian couples. In a ruling Wednesday, Judge Rex Burlison struck down the ban, declaring it unconstitutional and saying officials should give licenses to same-sex couples seeking to get married.

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[|Southern Winter Holiday traditions]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 1.5;">American Civil War Music: The war began when the Confederates bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. The war ended in Spring,1865.

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Most Influential Southern born Musicians of the 1950's and 1960's

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Jerry Lee Lewis Ray Charles Little Richard Miles Davis Johnny Cash The Everly Brothers Buddy Holly Chuck Berry Fat Domino Bo Diddley Sam Cooke Muddy Waters Hank Williams Elvis Presley

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 1.5;">American jazz musicians Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, on the Verve label, between 1956 and 1957.

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 * Dorothy Jean Dandridge ** (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an [|African-American] film and theater [|actress], [|singer] and [|dancer] . She is perhaps best known for being the first black actress to be nominated for an [|Academy Award for Best Actress] for her performance in the 1954 film [|Carmen Jones] . <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none;">[|[3]] Dandridge performed as a vocalist in venues such as the [|Cotton Club] and the [|Apollo Theater] . During her early career, she performed as a part of The Wonder Children, later [|The Dandridge Sisters] and appeared in a succession of films, usually in unaccredited roles. In 1954, she was nominated for the [|Best Actress Oscar] for her performance in //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Carmen Jones] // , and, in 1959, she was nominated for a [|Golden Globe Award] for //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Porgy and Bess] // . She is the subject of the 1999 [|HBO] biographical film, //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Introducing Dorothy Dandridge] // . She has been recognized with a star on the [|Hollywood Walk of Fame] . Dandridge was married and divorced twice, first to dancer [|Harold Nicholas] (the father of her daughter, Harolyn Suzanne) and then to hotel owner Jack Denison. Dandridge died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 42. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none;">[|[4]]

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[|Bluegrass Timeline]



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 270%;">Dueling Banjos

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