The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
INTERCHANGE A New Magazine: Our Creed and Hopes By Steve Suitts Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, pp. 2-3 This first issue of Southern Changes is nothing new. On four prior occasions during the last 34 years, the Southern Regional Council
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The Burden of the South and Nation In Another Political Year By Steve Suitts Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, pp. 5-6 Southern politics has seldom offered an opportunity for hope or joy to the agitating Southerner. For those of us
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The Courtesy of Becoming a Federal Judge By Steve Suitts Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978, pp. 6, 7, 23 As a moderate segregationist governor of Mississippi, James P. Coleman once advised his supporters resisting integration that “any legislature can pass
The Unchanged Patterns of Changing Migration By Steve Suitts Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978, pp. 21-23 A lot of Southern history moves around in buses. In 1956. a domestic worker, Rosa Parks, refused to stir from her seat for a
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Solar Greenhouses: The Greening of the South By Steve Suitts Vol. 1, No. 3, 1979 pp. 8-10 Publisher’s Note: I was in no mood to he convinced when Bill Dow began to explain his idea last year. As he sat
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Renewal and Endurance: A Personal View By Steve Suitts Steve Suitts Publisher Vol. 1, No. 7, 1979, pp. 4-5 In those torturous moments of human relations 35 years ago, five Southerners of prominence and good will signed their names to
Southern Politics By Steve Suitts Vol. 1, No. 8, 1979, pp. 23-24 In early April Jesse Helms of North Carolina appeared on the virtually deserted floor of the U.S. Senate and, after receiving recognition to debate the issue of a
In this Issue By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 1, 1979, pp. 2 This issue brings Southern Changes full circle with its first anniversary. Because it has matured in format, and we hope, coverage of events and issues, the magazine
In This Issue By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 2 While admittedly too simple, much of the Southern life is still a saga about those two old notions of equality born in public policy during the first
Economic Development By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 27 While the South continues to show signs of rapid economic activity, the rate of unemployment in the region, which has not been an historically severe problem as in