The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
The Race Toward Reapportionment By Staff Vol. 4, No. 3, 1982, pp. 18-24 Billboards and television commercials of earnest faces and subdued colors are inviting many Southerners already to think about the virtues of candidates for the November elections. Back
Reapportionment Roundup By Staff Vol. 4, No. 6, 1982, pp. 20-24 Reapportionment moved into the courtrooms across the South during the summer as federal judges were deluged with petitions and prayers for relief from lawyers of civil rights groups attempting
The 1982 Lillian Smith Book Awards By Staff Vol. 5, No. 1, 1983, pp. 7-10 The Southern Regional Council’s annual Lillian Smith Awards Luncheon was held in Atlanta in November as a part of the SRC’s annual meeting. The awards
Striving Toward Democracy. Report of the Southern Regional Council, 1980-1982 By Staff Vol. 5, No. 3, 1983, pp. 5-16 The Southern Regional Council, the South’s oldest biracial organization, consists of 120 Council Members in eleven Southern states. The work of
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The Smokehouse of Politics By Staff Vol. 5, No. 4, 1983, pp. 14, 16-17 John Lewis: If we were to measure the Reagan Administration by a “humanity index,” we would have to conclude that the politics and record of this
Findings from U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, A Growing Crisis: Disadvantaged Women and Their Children, May 1983. By Staff Vol. 5, No. 5, 1983, p. 19 In its 1982 report on health insurance coverage and employment for minorities and women,
The Movement Remembered: “Like A Banked Fire” By Staff Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, pp. 8-13 Worth Long: When did you first realize that there was a need for civil rights change, for change in the state of Mississippi? Aurelia
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Voting for the “Covert” War By Staff Vol. 6, No. 1, 1984, p. 4 On two occasions during the past year, most of the Southern representatives in the US House voted to endorse the Reagan Administration’s war on Nicaragua. In
Deep South Votes With Feet, Not With Hart By Staff Vol. 6, No. 2, 1984, pp. 4-5 According to a Southern Regional Council analysis of 106 targeted voting precincts in Alabama and Georgia, black voters in these two states turned
The 39th Year Report of the Southern Regional Council, 1983 By Staff Vol. 6, No. 2, 1984, pp. 16-20, 22-24 The Southern Regional Council, the South’s oldest biracial organization, consists of 120 Council Members in eleven Southern states. The work
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