The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
The Freeze Down South By Margaret Roach and Allen Tullos Vol. 5, No. 4, 1983, pp. 11-14 In the fall of 1982, the Nuclear Freeze Campaign mobilized the largest referendum drive in United States history. Over eleven million Americans voted
Long Journey Home By Bland Simpson and Cece Conway Vol. 5, No. 4, 1983, pp. 17-19 One of the world’s great collections of Southern and country music has come home, and therein lies a ballad. Early one morning in late
Emelle, Alabama Toxic Waste Cadillac By Booth Gunter and Mike Williams Vol. 6, No. 4, 1984, pp. 1-7 Down in the Heart of Dixie, in the gently rolling hills of the Black Belt, lie gigantic pits–twice as wide as football
Figures of Speech: Fish We’ve Never Seen By Allen Tullos, Photographs byTom Rankin Vol. 7, No. 3, 1985, pp. 10-21 An annual highlight of the late summer in Fayetteville, North Carolina and neighboring Fort Bragg, the United States Army’s Heat
Economics and a Murder Trial By Eliza Heard (Virginia Durr) Vol. 7, No. 5, 1985, pp. 14-17 The road to Hayneville and Selma (No. 80) leads to dreams of asphodel and honey. The old cotton fields are now meadows filled
Taking the Fifth By Marilyn Davis and Alex Willingham Vol. 8, No. 3, 1986, pp. 7-9 Two election contests have drawn much attention to Georgia this year: a race crucial in determining the party alignment in the US Senate, and
The Climate for Workers: Where Does the South Stand? By Kenny Johnson and Marilyn Scurlock Vol. 8, No. 4, 1986, pp. 3-15 We believe the true test of economic conditions is how working people–the vast majority of citizens–fare in these
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Today’s Jobs at Yesterday’s Wages: GM’s Saturn Auto Plant Arrives in Spring Hill, Tennessee By Carter Garber and Verna Fausey Vol. 8, No. 4, 1986, pp. 16-24 Spring Hill Mayor George Jones says he learned the same time you did,
Labor Gives to Make Saturn Work By Carter Garber and Verna Fausey Vol. 8, No. 4, 1986, p. 19 The Saturn Agreement has set a new pattern for UAW bargaining in the automobile industry and is affecting many negotiations carried
Building the Union in an Anti-Union Age By Stewart Acuff and Robert Sarason Vol. 9, No. 1, 1987, pp. 10-11 How does a labor union organize and represent a group of employees who neither have a collective bargaining contract nor