Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...the school's proud history and no longer glorify Southern slavery. The Travis High administration, meanwhile, is in the awkward..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature

Wrapped and Ready

"...bulrushes, the "Go Down, Moses," the Jewish deliverer from slavery, and the brother to Ralph Fiennes' Pharaoh's son. The..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Libertarians Say No to Doggett

"...Biblical morality, as well as the 13th which outlawed slavery...."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column

The Lost Cause

"...It is a legitimate, necessary subject. Texas was overwhelmingly pro-slavery (a fact that will always stain its flag), and..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Books Feature

Postmarks

"...superceded the morality of the Holy Bible by outlawing slavery, which institution the Bible clearly condones, with the eighth..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Column

Fall Film Previews

September

"...about a 10-year-old boy in 1935 Virginia. Life, death, slavery, and financial circumstances are examined in the context of..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Day Trips

"...of the American West. Descendants of escapees from the slavery of Spanish Conquistadors, the mustang ponies altered the culture..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Live Shots

"...a Brazilian dance troupe that specializes in capoeira, a slavery-era combination of dance, acrobatics, and martial arts set to..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Music Feature

Postmarks

United Way Clarifies

"...a book endorsing superiority of men over women, advocating slavery, and banning interracial marriage is a human-penned work, then..."

June 12, 1998 Column

The Bible Tells Us So

"...what is being condemned is a common practice of slavery and prostitution of young men who would dress up..."

May 29, 1998 News Feature

Scanlines

"...a few slaves before that state's 1995 law banning slavery takes effect; Janeane Garafalo and a boatload of common..."

May 15, 1998 Screens Feature

Postmarks

Short Shrift

"...to remember (or discover) just who sold who into slavery from Africa (circa 1700-1800) and that slave trading continues..."

April 3, 1998 Column

Scanlines

Time Indefinite (1993)

"...and the Easter bunny, and a discussion of Southern slavery so vapid that it boggles the mind. Sherman's March..."

April 3, 1998 Screens Feature

Geisha and Other Books of 1997

Dusting off the Bookshelf

"...childhood in a remote fishing village, catapult her into slavery in Kyoto's geisha district, then lead her to triumph..."

Jan. 16, 1998 Books Feature

Page Two

Travis County Bond Propositions

"...to address critical issues such as the abolition of slavery and women's suffrage. Among the "important" amendments we're being..."

Oct. 17, 1997 Column by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Postmarks

One Is Enough

"...history, everyone -- whose, I just can't tell. Clearly, slavery and genocide are equal in "sin," but they did..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Column

Exhibitionism

Chronicle Art Reviews

"...and smoke and flesh, redolent of the South and slavery and ghosts and Africa and rich brown skin and..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Review

Dream Homes in East Austin?

"...the abandoned shacks only stand as bad memories of slavery. But wait - isn't that historically inaccurate? "Contrary to..."

Aug. 15, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Postmarks

DeWitty Center Helpful

"...the history of "our" United States clarifies my point. Slavery, the confinement of native Americans to reservations, anti-Asian work..."

Aug. 8, 1997 Column

Of Mercy and Mississippi

On the Bookshelf

"...and with his family, contemplating the local histories, from slavery and segregation to civil rights, exploring the lives of..."

July 18, 1997 Books Review

Human-Headed Flies

Drastic Space III:

"...the bus as anything but slaves transported to their slavery in a smoke-spewing, cough-inducing symbol of their servitude...."

June 20, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

L.A.: Drastic Space

Letters at 3AM

"...a place of the drastic, shaped by refugees, revolution, slavery, civil war, and other such drastic modes of human..."

May 23, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

False Accusations

"...the abolition of five and a half centuries of slavery there in the 1860s. There are over one million..."

March 21, 1997 Column

Reflections

SXSW Film Festival and Conference

"...of course, for the racial divide goes back to slavery and the custom of slaves being given the surnames..."

March 14, 1997 Screens Feature

Postmarks

Latino Leadership

"...the human race. Mr. Standiford, the Bible also supports slavery, opposes mixed-race marriages, and emphasizes a superiority of men..."

Feb. 28, 1997 Column

Whose House

Making a Place for Black Theatre in Austin

"...America as a whole deals with the experience of slavery and what it did in this country and how..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...many people were able to separate their support for slavery from their perhaps genuine feelings for particular slaves? Later,..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Schools in Session

Legislators Study Issues: From Vouchers to Combat Pay

"...attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust"... On a more practical note, Rep...."

Jan. 3, 1997 News Column by Roseana Auten

Shortcuts

"...Davis' Mother of the River, a rare portrayal of slavery from a young female perspective. The videos show at..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Screens Column

Curriculum II: America Is an Artist

Letters at 3AM

"...be said about a culture that's committed genocide and slavery, worships money, and sees itself as entrepreneurial, practical, business-like,..."

Nov. 22, 1996 Column by Michael Ventura

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