Embracing the South

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Embracing the South Which States? What is
Southern Heritage?
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The contestant shall perform a selection from a
printed, published work written in prose by a
single author.

The selection should explore the
experiences that depict the culture, heritage,
struggle, triumph or mystique of life in the
South.
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Go beyond
Plantations
Bible belt
Civil War
Slavery
Cotton
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These are considered the Appalachian states
Kentucky, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, and West
Virginia
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ALABAMA
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Alabama
Wonderful timelines of the history of Alabama.
Think past the Civil Rights Movement, the Civil
War and look at items like the Huntsville,
Alabama Space Center and people like Condoleeza
Rice, Corretta Scott King, Nat King Cole..
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Alabama Authors www.alabamaliterarymap.org
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ARKANSAS
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Arkansas
Consider these suggestions blues, apples (400
varieties), chickens, diamond hunting (only state
in the U.S. for this). How about Scott Joplin
(ragtime)?
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Arkansas Authors www.arkansaswriters.com
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FLORIDA
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Consider everglades, Cuban influence, Seminole
Indians, snowbirds, naval stations, the Rosewood
Massacre.
Florida Another Source
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GEORGIA
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ConsiderEnglish Colony, primary documents of
Civil War letters, Atlanta Braves, peaches,
Cherokee Indians, Creek Indians, the beginning of
The Trail of Tears, J.C. Fremont (1st Republican
presidential candidate).
Georgia Another Source
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Georgia Authors www.libs.uga.edu/gawriters
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KENTUCKY
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Consider Coal mining, mountain life. How about
Daniel Boone?
Kentucky Another Source
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Kentucky Authors www.english.eku.edu/SERVICES/KYLI
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LOUISIANA
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Louisiana
Consider French Quarters, Cajun, Mardi Gras,
only state which uses the term parish, Catahoula
hound. How about Louis Armstrong, John James
Audubon, Geoffrey Beene, Wynton Marsalis?
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Louisiana Authors www.lib.lsu.edu/special/la/
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MISSISSIPPI
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Mississippi Another Source
Consider Natches Indians, Natches Trace,
Missippi River, there are 31 pages of places in
MS on the National Registry. How about John
Grisham, Jeff Davis, Eudora Welty?
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Mississippi Authors www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/_autho
rs/index.html
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NORTH CAROLINA
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North Carolina Another Source
Consider there are many Native American Indiana
tribes, Wright brothers, gold mines, Blue Ridge
Mountains. How about Donald Davis?
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North Carolina Authors www.ncwriters.org
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SOUTH CAROLINA
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Consider First shots fired in the Civil War,
Fort Sumter, Hilton Head, the Gullah people.
South Carolina
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TENNESSEE
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Tennessee
ConsiderThe blues, Elvis, storytelling, country
music, Smokey Mountains, Grand Ol Opry.
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Tennessee Authors www.lib.utk.edu/refs/tnauthors/
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VIRGINIA
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Virginia Another Source
Consider connection to D.C., Jameston. How
about Jerry Falwell, Arthur Ashe, Pat Robertson?
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Virginia Authors www.vawriters.org
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WEST VIRGINIA
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Consider Coal, Appalachia, Hatfield/McCoy,
frontier life. How about Chuck Yeager, Pearl S.
Buck, Booker T. Washington, Tecumseh?
West Virginia
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West Virginia Authors Two small library
resources http//www.mountainlit.com/ http//www.
wvwc.edu/lib/wv_authors/wvwc.htm
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Wonderful Website
Where do I find those famous people? Check out
www.50states.com !
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