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Omar, Otherness, and the Minimum Wage

by Karim Baer, State of the South Director at MDC

4 min readMar 27, 2023

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Omar, Otherness, and the Minimum Wage

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Honoring Gullah/Geechee Lives and Burial Grounds in Northeast Florida

By Janay Draughn (with critical insight and support from Representative Glenda Simmons-Jenkins)

9 min readFeb 9, 2023

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Honoring Gullah/Geechee Lives and Burial Grounds in Northeast Florida

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(Southern) Black Women’s Presence in Invisibility: Miss Georgia Gilmore & The Club from Nowhere

by Janay Draughn

8 min readAug 23, 2022

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(Southern) Black Women’s Presence in Invisibility: Miss Georgia Gilmore & The Club from Nowhere

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Sweet Evening Breeze: A Black Queer Elder in Lexington

by Janay Draughn

7 min readAug 17, 2022

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Sweet Evening Breeze: A Black Queer Elder in Lexington

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Ocmulgee Mounds: Indigenous Earthworks in the Southeast and Mound Power

By Janay Draughn

7 min readAug 3, 2022

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Ocmulgee Mounds: Indigenous Earthworks in the Southeast and Mound Power

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Elsewheres: Maroons and Fugitivity in the Great Dismal Swamp

By Janay Draughn

7 min readJul 11, 2022

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Elsewheres: Maroons and Fugitivity in the Great Dismal Swamp

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Hidden Histories of the South: An Introduction

By Janay Draughn

4 min readJun 24, 2022

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Hidden Histories of the South: An Introduction

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STATE OF THE SOUTH 2022–2023: TRUE SOUTH

“America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.” — Frederick Douglass, “What to…

4 min readMay 2, 2022

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STATE OF THE SOUTH 2022–2023: TRUE SOUTH

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Believing It & Being It

These learning networks are imagining a better future for students all along the education pipeline.

5 min readMay 11, 2021

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Believing It & Being It

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Pay People for Their Work!

Why I’m angry about the same d*&! issues in the American South and the Marvel Comics Universe.

6 min readApr 6, 2021

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Pay People for Their Work!

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MDC’s State of the South is storytelling & analysis of regional strengths and system failures. We envision a South where all people thrive. www.mdcinc.org

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