The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Voting rights denied By The Editors Volume 14, No. 3, pp. 1-4 George Bush celebrated the July 4th weekend this year with the most flagrantly anti-democratic act of his presidency—the veto of the National Voter Registration Act. The bill, which
Meet Wendy S. Johnson, SRC’s New Executive Director Staff Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 p. 21 Wendy S. Johnson, former executive director of the Appalachian Community Fund, comes to the Southern Regional Council with a record of fifteen years leading
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Welfare Reform: States Race to the Bottom Staff Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 pp. 1-2 With the election season looming, and both Clinton and the Congress positioning on the welfare reform debate, agreement on a welfare reform package is now
A Collective Effort Staff Vol. 19, No. 1, 1997 pp. 2, 26 With this issue, Southern Changes celebrates the SRC’s civil rights radio documentary series, Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Perhaps even more than most documentary productions, the radio series
People Who Made the Movement Staff Vol. 19, No. 1, 1997 pp. 5-20 The voices you hear in the radio series, Will the Circle Be Unbroken? are edited and assembled from of a treasure trove of more than 250 interviews
The Making of Will The Circle Be Unbroken?: Beyond the Printed Word Staff Vol. 19, No. 1, 1997 pp. 22-26 When Black Belt Press publisher Randall Williams suggested in 1978 that the Southern Regional Council publish a guidebook to civil
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Program Listings Staff Vol. 19, No. 1, 1997 p. 30 PROLOGUE Race relations and social conditions across the American South prior to World War IL Written by Julian Bond. >COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA The use of
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Cora Tucker (1938-1997) Staff Vol. 19, No. 2, 1997 pp. 30-31 On June 21, 1997, Cora Lee Mosley Tucker, a long-time community activist and educator from Halifax, Virginia, died. Tucker led a life of tireless activism, most of which was
Frank Parker (1940-1997) Staff Vol. 19, No. 2, 1997 p. 31 Civil rights lawyer and voting rights advocate Frank R. Parker passed away on July 10, 1997, after suffering heart complications at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia. He
Steps Forward and Back: An Affirmative Action Timeline Staff Vol. 20, No. 1, 1998 p. 22 1953: Harry Truman’s Committee on Governmental Contract Compliance urged the Bureau of Employment Security to “act positively and affirmatively to implement a policy of
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