Rhiannon Giddens, "Sinners," Beyoncé, and a sparkling moment for Black roots music

Taken together, "Cowboy Carter," "Sinners," and Rhiannon Giddens' new festival feel like a kind of trilogy. They represent a well-earned moment — for the Black South, film, and music.

Video: Pope Francis' death is a big deal in the South

News of a religious leader's death in Europe isn't exactly what you think of as "Southern," but it's a big deal here.

Video: Erasing civil rights hero Pauli Murray

Officials in President Trump's administration are, in a way, trying to erase civil rights hero Pauli Murray's story.

Audio: CNN's Bakari Sellers on optimism, his dad's civil rights heroism, and journalism's comeback

South Carolina native Bakari Sellers has become one of the most cogent anti-Trump voices in America. Here's how his roots in the Civil Rights Movement prepared him for this resistance.

For some, Bakari Sellers is the voice of the resistance to MAGA. But his fight goes back much farther than Trump.

South Carolina native Bakari Sellers has become one of the most cogent anti-Trump voices in America. Here's how his roots in the Civil Rights Movement prepared him for this resistance.

Introducing 'Today in Southern History'

Today, how the first Southern president since secession brought America into the Great War, and remade the federal government in the South's image.

AUDIO: America needs firefighters. This public school teacher has a plan to make more of them.

A public school teacher in Tennessee has created a one-of-a-kind program giving high schoolers hands-on training in prescribed preventing and fighting wildfires.

This high school teacher's training wildfire fighters. There's nothing else like his class in America.

America is in desperate need of firefighters right now. So a public school teacher in Tennessee has created a one-of-a-kind program giving high schoolers hands-on training.

AUDIO: NC's Anderson Clayton is America's youngest political party leader. She might be its fieriest too.

I talked to Anderson Clayton, a 27-year-old wunderkind from Roxboro, North Carolina, about staying positive in hard times, internet trolls, and her heroes.

Liberals think Democrats aren't pushing back hard enough. Is NC's Anderson Clayton the answer?

There is a line of thought that Democrats don't have guts. North Carolina's fiery liberal leader wants to change all that.

Share "The Living South" with your friends

The Living South is growing the old-fashioned way, with people telling people they like it.

AUDIO: Filmmaker Chris Haley, nephew of legendary journalist Alex Haley, on preserving Black history

Chris Haley, nephew of the famous journalist Alex Haley, talked to The Living South about continuing his uncle's work preserving Black history.