level:deepsouth is an online anthology about growing up Generation X in the Deep South during the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s. The anthology is open to submissions of creative nonfiction (essays, memoirs, and reviews) and images (photos and flyers), as well as to contributions for the lists.
*last updated January 20, 2022
browse (by state)
Alabama
War Eagle Supper Club in Auburn, Alabama (Facebook page)
The Paul W. Bryant Museum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
setlist from Korn/Marilyn Manson/Danzig at Sloss Furnace in Birmingham, Alabama on May 6, 1995
Birmingham Public Library’s Digital Collections: School Yearbooks
Former Auburn radio DJ and record store owner Wildman Steve
The Alabama Forum newspaper at the University of Alabama library, 1977 – 2002
Post-1990s honorary inclusion: We Have Signal: Classic on Alabama Public Television
The show was originally recorded at Birmingham’s Bottletree Cafe, which is now closed.
Arkansas
Dickson Street Bookshop in Fayetteville, Arkansas (opened in 1978)
About Pyramid Art, Books and Custom Framing in Little Rock, Arkansas (opened in 1988)
William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas (opened in 2004)
Florida
Epitome Community Coffee Museum and Purple Circle in Tallahassee, Florida (Facebook group)
Georgia
Oxford Books, 1970 – 1997 in Atlanta, Georgia (Facebook group)
A look back at Atlanta in 1978 from ajc.com (photo essay)
About the The Shrine of the Black Madonna Cultural Center and Bookstore in Atlanta, Georgia (opened in 1975)
Info on Criminal Records in Little Five Points in Atlanta, Georgia (opened in 1991)
The Lewis Grizzard Museum in Moreland, Georgia
688 Club on Digital Library of Georgia
Kentucky
The Concert History of the Black Gold Festival in Hazard
Louisiana
Community Book Center in New Orleans, Louisiana (opened in 1983)
The 1984 New Orleans World Fair (Images of America series) by Bill Cotter (2008)
LSU’s digital archive of Gumbo yearbooks
Louisiana: The State We’re In (digital media from state archives)
Louisiana Public Broadcasting “Folks” TV show (or click here for archives)
Classic New Orleans TV channel on YouTube
Mississippi
The history of Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi (opened in 1979)
Musiquarium in Jackson, Mississippi (Facebook group)
Louise Marshall’s Bookstore in Jackson, Mississippi (opened in the 1940s)
Mississippi Generation X (album) on Flickr.com
Kudzu Kings channel on YouTube
North Carolina
I remember Rock and Roll at The Attic, Greenville, NC (Facebook group)
South Carolina
Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination in Greenville, South Carolina (opened in 1991)
@hiptags_columbiasc on Instagram
General
pilgrims622 channel on YouTube (Widespread Panic shows from the ’90s and ’00s)
Generation X: The World According to Us (Facebook group)
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1976 – 2001 from NCES (2004)
Snake Sessions channel on YouTube (skateboarding all over the South, some old school)