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BamaRefugee

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14. Atlanta had the Great Speckled Bird, and it WAS NOT EASY being progressive Down South...

Reply to SergeStorms (Reply #10)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 03:28 PM

Aug 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Speckled_Bird_%28newspaper%29

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The Village Voice Is Shutting Down [View all] DonViejo Aug 2018 OP

CRAP DonCoquixote Aug 2018 #1

Damn...After losing Wayne Barrett, I thought, well, at least the Village Voice would go on hlthe2b Aug 2018 #2

Isn't it the same company that owns Westword? Emoji Guy Aug 2018 #3

Yeah... They've announced cutbacks, but to my knowledge, are not folding. hlthe2b Aug 2018 #4

Hope not. Emoji Guy Aug 2018 #7

The Village itself zentrum Aug 2018 #5

As an Urban Planner, let me say this: Cities are dynamic brooklynite Aug 2018 #8

This doesn't feel dynamic. zentrum Sep 2018 #31

Yet sometimes the change is organic, while others times the change is manufactured. LanternWaste Sep 2018 #35

What "mechanism of change" are you complaining about? brooklynite Sep 2018 #36

I was at the Bobst Library Thursday to see the Wojnarowicz exhibit lapucelle Sep 2018 #28

Yes. It's a loss of history itself. zentrum Sep 2018 #32

Damn LudwigPastorius Aug 2018 #6

yeah, that and the Lion's Head closing back in '96 NJCher Aug 2018 #12

Thanks for the read. LudwigPastorius Sep 2018 #22

I owe a lifetime debt to the Village Voice BamaRefugee Aug 2018 #9

Is that you..... SergeStorms Aug 2018 #11

hahaha not Mungo Jerry but i did move there in the summertime, when the weather is hot ;-) BamaRefugee Aug 2018 #13

I'm intensely curious. Duppers Sep 2018 #21

It's probably in here somewhere... lapucelle Sep 2018 #29

Wow...amazing story! Thanks for sharing NT Docreed2003 Sep 2018 #26

I have a guess.... YouKnowFred Sep 2018 #33

welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2018 #38

It was inevitable. SergeStorms Aug 2018 #10

Atlanta had the Great Speckled Bird, and it WAS NOT EASY being progressive Down South... BamaRefugee Aug 2018 #14

I certainly agree. SergeStorms Aug 2018 #17

I lived that, going to college in Alabama. BamaRefugee Aug 2018 #18

You were living on the edge. SergeStorms Sep 2018 #23

My favorite place to eat was Ollie's Bar B Q BamaRefugee Sep 2018 #24

Ollie's Barbecue is very famous, if I recall correctly, for a landmark civil rights case DonaldsRump Sep 2018 #25

Started reading The VV in 1967, and used to wait at the newsstand every week for delivery. SeattleVet Aug 2018 #15

I hate to hear this. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #16

Is this the same group that owns Phoenix New Times? JonLP24 Aug 2018 #19

That sucks! BigmanPigman Aug 2018 #20

Sob! bronxiteforever Sep 2018 #27

This is a tragedy - what a great paper. klook Sep 2018 #30

Kick! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2018 #34

Please forgive my ignorance, but Seeking Serenity Sep 2018 #37

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My older sis had a subscription tonekat Sep 2018 #39