rachael-maddux:

Flannery O’Connor bought this Hotpoint refrigerator in 1956 after she sold the TV rights to “The Life You Save May Be Your Own.” Apparently she was not very into the eventual adaptation. But her food was cold.

laphamsquarterly:

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kevindowling:

The Wren’s Nest - 2.21.13

(Source: kinggregree, via robmarriott)

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rebeccaburns:

Harry the Hawk at Tabernacle Baptist. #yoboulevard

laphamsquarterly:

“From what I know of the effect of these holidays upon the slave, I believe them to be among the most effective means in the hands of the slaveholder in keeping down the spirit of insurrection. 

Were the slaveholders at once to abandon this practice, I have not the slightest doubt it would lead to an immediate insurrection among the slaves.”

—Frederick Douglass on Christmas, 1833