Southern Cultures: Black Geographies Erin L. Cassidy-Eagle Christmas is a season of

Christmas is a season of secrets and miracles

and municipal borders worked together to create a dynamic legal landscape that both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people negotiated in myriad ways as they traversed these borderlands

at any cost

Setting out historic precedents and influences

Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard illuminates the meaning of Johnny 'Appleseed' Chapmans life and the environmental and cultural significance of the plant he propagated

Southern Cultures: Black Geographies Erin L. Cassidy-Eagle Christmas is a season ofIn the Black Geographies issue, authors roller skate to claim space and joy, examine the role of the King James Version of the Bible in Black placemaking and meaning making, mine the pages of literary geographer Gloria Naylor, and more. As guest editor Danielle Purifoy writes, "Black geographies urges us to reflect on, retrieve, and rebuild our relationships to our ecosystems and to each other that are integral to our thriving.