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Heroes of the New South Awards
From artists to architects, riverkeepers to food advocates, our culture is rooted in and sustained by everyday heroes. We searched the South to find individuals and organizations working to preserve and advance our traditions.
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William Ferris
Senior associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; former
chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Gerri Combs
Executive director of South Arts, Atlanta; panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts; board member of the National
Assembly of State Arts Agencies
John T. Edge
Director of Southern Foodways Alliance, Oxford, Mississippi; James Beard Foundation Award winner; editor of the foodways volume
of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture; columnist for The New York Times
Jim Strickland
President and founder of Historical Concepts, Atlanta; 2010 recipient of the Arthur Ross Award from the Institute of Classical
Architecture & Art; member of the New Urban Guild
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