The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Economic Development: Southern Representatives Oppose Welfare Reform By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 4, 1980, pp. 24 Proposing to increase present payments to the Southern poor, major welfare reform was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on November 7th
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Interchange By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 5, 1980 pp. 2-3 “Being right never won an election.” Eugene Witherspoon:, once told me and others as we sat on the hog fence outside of Freedom Quilting Bee in Alberta, Alabama. “It
Federal Trade Commission By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 5, 1980, pp. 28 With Southerners leading the charge, the U.S. Senate soon will consider legislation already passed by the House of Representatives subjecting the Federal Trade Commission’s regulatory actions to
In This Issue By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 6, 1980, pp. 2 Probably no more persuasive eveidence of the divided and changeing nature of the South can be found outside the region’s historic symbols of resistance and challenge in
Republican-Southern Democrat Coalition in Congress By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 6, 1980, pp. 23-25 A majority of the Republicans and Southern Democrats formed in 1979 an effective, conservative voting bloc which moved Congress to revamp national priorities towards more
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A Tribute to Bell Wiley By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 7, 1980, pp. 2 When I was at the University of Alabama I once had a theory that most professors and administrators showed up at meetings late because it
In this Issue By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 7, 1980, pp. 2-3 About this time of year in 1948 a simple, yet remarkable occurence took place in Richmond, Virginia. A Black man named Oliver Hill was elected to the
Southern Republicans for a Change By Steve Suitts Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, pp. 10-13 As deeply conservative Republican candidates began to celebrate their victories to the local bands’ tunes of “When the Saints Come Marching In” and “Dixie” late
Election Results ’80 By Steve Suitts Vol. 3, No. 2, 1981, pp. 6-9 The Rise of Southern Suburban Politics Ronald Reagan’s victory in 10 Southern states, leaving the President only his native state, showed in fact a divided south—with Black
Amended Act Passes… By Steve Suitts Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 2-8 In a final vote showing overwhelming support from members of Congress in the South and elsewhere, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Voting Rights Act virtually as