I use new teaching methods to highlight people’s work that you may have not heard of elsewhere. For example, see here. To celebrate the Chinese New Year and the work of Rachel Tanur (1958-2002), an attorney and artist taken early by cancer, I examine one of her photographs to illustrate sociological concepts. Since most human behavior is non-verbal, photography is a superb way to study it, and …
Jenny McGill
Slave Country
“Once I became so impatient seeing the free country in view and I still in the slave country . . .” – Wallace Turnage (p.253) Wallace Turnage may not be a household name in the history books, but he has schooled me. David Blight, a historian who verified two slave narratives in his book, A Slave No More, describes Wallace Turnage's and John Washington's individual journeys from slavery to …