Southbound

Wisdom. Justice. Moderation.

How Georgia's motto can ground us today

Jun 4 • 

Sam Rauschenberg

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February 2025

A Timely Civic Reminder

How fulfilling a civic obligation became an anchor in chaos and a warning to heed

Feb 18 • 

Sam Rauschenberg

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August 2024

Giving A.L. McCamy the Memorial Service He Deserved

The last recorded lynching victim in my hometown will finally receive a marked grave—88 years and a day after his murder.

Aug 29, 2024 • 

Sam Rauschenberg

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June 2024

Stumbling upon "the Black Pearl" (Part II)

How disputes about Atlantic Beach’s future have instead mired it in the past

Jun 24, 2024 • 

Sam Rauschenberg

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Stumbling upon "the Black Pearl" (Part I)

How a required detour in North Myrtle Beach highlights Jim Crow-era beach access

Jun 17, 2024 • 

Sam Rauschenberg

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March 2024

Walking Down Montgomery’s Dexter Avenue

How the competing narratives of racial oppression and racial justice play out on this short downtown street.

Mar 13, 2024 • 

Sam Rauschenberg

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September 2023

Meandering through the Boston Common

How a walk through our nation's oldest public park stirred comparisons with parks back home

Sep 25, 2023 • 

Sam Rauschenberg

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July 2023

Peeling the Evangelical Onion (+ a NICU update)

A podcast and a book that helped me understand American evangelicalism

Jul 27, 2023 • 

Sam Rauschenberg

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A NICU Fourth of July

How watching fireworks from an unexpected location spurred gratitude for our country

Jul 6, 2023 • 

Sam Rauschenberg

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May 2023

The Death of Juliette Derricotte

How a 1931 car accident in my hometown spotlights the overlooked injustice of Jim Crow-era healthcare

May 25, 2023 • 

Sam Rauschenberg

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16:53

February 2023

Horace King, Howell Cobb, and the Civil War's Final Battle

How a bridge at the center of the Battle of Columbus undermined the Confederacy's "whole theory of slavery"

Feb 21, 2023 • 

Sam Rauschenberg

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9:33

January 2023

John Robinson: The Overlooked Legacy of Appomattox Court House

How an unexpected detour at the iconic Civil War site reminded me of what the Confederate surrender enabled.

Jan 17, 2023 • 

Sam Rauschenberg

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