The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Poor People vs. Alabama Power Company By Wayne Greenhaw Vol. 1, No. 8, 1979, pp. 16-19 He knew it would be an uphill climb from the beginning. Back in the winter of 1978, Robert John Varley, anewattorney whohad joined the
A Year After Alabama’s New Beginning By Wayne Greenhaw Vol. 2, No. 6, 1980, pp. 20-22 Less than a year after Governor Fob James took over the reins of government in Alabama from George Wallace, it was announced that the
Half Pints and Rain Barrels: Hunger in Alabama By Wayne Greenhaw Vol. 2, No. 7, 1980, pp. 17-19 A dark-skinned woman with a sharp straight nose, aged twisted lips,and legs slightly bigger around than a half dollar, Annie Bell Brown
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Woodcutters Organize: Echoes of Change in the South’s Backwoods By Wayne Greenhaw Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, pp. 16-19, 22 The tall huskily-built Black man opened his mouth and let his baritone voice ring out through the small plain rectangular
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Big Profits and Little Pay in South’s Backwoods: Woodcutters Organize (Part II) By Wayne Greenhaw Vol. 3, No. 2, 1981, pp. 14-17 Page 15 Woodcutters have generally been considered the bottom of the barrel when you are talking about agriculture
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