The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Spirit and Velocity Reviewed by Barry E. Lee Vol. 16, No. 2, 1994, pp. 28-31 Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi, by John Dittmer (University of Illinois Press, 1994, 530 pages). John Dittmer’s Local People: The Struggle
Black Southern Churches Under Fire By Barry E. Lee Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 pp. 11-13 Historically, the church has been the “soul of the black community,” says the Reverend Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Since
Passing the Torch, Torching the Past By Barry E. Lee Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 21-22 Known as many things since its founding in 1837–a city resurrected from the ashes of the Civil War to lead the South in
Listeners Respond to Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Introduction by Barry E. Lee Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 26-28 “Without a doubt, this was the most impressive radio program I’ve ever heard,” writes a listener from Fort Myers, Florida,
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Reviewing The Test of Our Progress: The Clinton Record on Civil Rights: A Summary of the Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights Report By Barry E. Lee Vol. 21, No. 2, 1999, pp. 12-18 Thirty-one years since the Kerner Commission observed