tidbits, fragments, and ephemera 39: the photography edition

Originally published on level:deepsouth— for Generation X, tidbits, fragments, and ephemera is a sometimes substantial but not making any promises glimpse at information and news related to growing up Generation X in the Deep South.The South in Color: Vicksburg, Mississippi in the 1960s and ’70s

Published by University of North Carolina Press, The South in Color offers one hundred photos taken by William Ferris, most of which show Vicksburg, Mississippi and the surrounding area. A feature story on the book’s release and on the photographer’s career, “For Ferris, each photo tells a story,” was published in The Vicksburg Post on December 13, 2016.

The John Buckley Collection in Florida Memory

With more then five hundred images that span the years 1969 through 1976, this free-to-access photo collection shows scenes ranging from anti-war activists in Miami Beach to community events in Tallahassee. The Florida Memory project is hosted by the State Library and Archives of Florida.

A look back at Atlanta in 1978

This photo essay in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows the city in earlier times, when its population growth and construction boom were happening. The opening image is a great picture of Bob Horner and Dale Murphy, two Braves players that GenXers will certainly remember.

The Good Times Rolled: Black New Orleans, 1978 – 1982   by Bernard Hermann

Published in 2015 by the University of Louisiana Press, this collection of photographs taken over a four-year span provides a look back at African American communities in New Orleans in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Backstage at the Blackfoot Concert in Montgomery County, Alabama, 1981

These images from the website/blog of James Robinson show the rock band Blackfoot at the outdoor venue Sandy Creek, which is in rural Montgomery County. The concert was held in July 1981 and was co-sponsored by local radio station Y-102 (WHHY). Among those people shown in the photos are Ricky Medlock, who later joined Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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