The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Crackdown in the Black Belt: Not-So-Simple Justice By Allen Tullos Vol. 7, No. 2, 1985, pp. 2-11 In a trial that should reveal the distance the Reagan Justice Department will travel to cooperate with local white officials in suppressing the
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Life As We Knew It By Allen Tullos Vol. 11, No. 3, 1989, pp. 1, 3-6 LIKE OTHER NOSTALGIAS, the notion of Southern folk cultures in transition used to seem simpler, easier to track, cut and dried. If you ever
Health and the Poverty Line By Allen Tullos Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 1-3 “The curse of poverty,” wrote Martin King in 1967, “has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice
Raveled Care By Allen Tullos Vol. 15, No. 2, 1993, pp. 1-4 If modern American presidents are known by the companies that keep them, this summer we are witnessing a shift from the era of military-industrial presidencies to those in
From New Orleans to Your Radio–It’s American Routes Allen Tullos Vol. 20, No. 4, 1998 pp. 16-22 In April of 1998 American Routes, a weekly, two-hour radio show featuring genre-busting sets of recorded music and original interviews went on the
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Mississippi, Chillin’ Reviewed by Allen Tullos Vol. 21, No. 2, 1999, pp. 27-28 Cookie’s Fortune. Directed by Robert Altman. Screenplay by Anne Rapp. Director of Photography Toyomichi Kurita. Music by David Stewart. October Films. “Pride and Pretense are the jockeys
Books: Redemption Songs Reviewed by Allen Tullos Vol.21, No. 4, Winter 1999 pp. 14-16 Craig Werner, A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race and the Soul of America (New York: Plume, 1999) . Brian Ward, Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm
Film/Television: Lost Highways Reviewed by Allen Tullos Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 20-22 “George Wallace: Settin’ the Woods on Fire,” a film in The American Experience series for the Public Broadcasting Service. Produced and directed by Daniel McCabe and
Rebel with a Cause: Albert Turner, Sr. (1936-2000) Allen Tullos Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 24-26 Albert Turner, Sr., a lifelong Alabama activist who led voting rights campaigns, sit-ins, and marches for freedom and equal rights, who served under
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Reform in Alabama?: The Nation’s Worst Tax Structure By Allen Tullos Vol. 24, No. 3-4, 2002 p. 9 In a state known for Truman Capote, Harper Lee, and Rick Bragg, the most compelling, controversial, widely read, and strategically ignored piece
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