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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My Sons Are Growing Up Racists By Robert Hilldrup Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, p. 7 All my life, I’ve heard it said that the difference between us whites, South and North, is that the Southerner loved Blacks as individuals,
Politics and Medicine in a Small Southern Town By Seth Borgos and Joshua Miller Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, pp. 11-12 The first time we heard of Dr. Wayne Smith he sounded like a character out of Ibsen or Sinclair
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How To Tell You’re In The South By Richard K. Thomas Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, pp. 13-15 For two centuries students of regional science have engaged in debates over the existence of a Southern region of the United States.
A Dilemma: Overpopulation in Southern Prisons Bob Powell Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, pp. 16-17 “A free, democratic society cannot cage inmates like animals or stack them like cattle in a warehouse and expect them to emerge as decent, law-abiding,
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Life Expectancy and School Experience: Some Findings in North Carolina By Betty H. Landsberger Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, pp. 18-19 Editor’s Note: In the mid 1970’s, a difference of at least 15 years in life expectancy was found to
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The Politics Behind Georgia’s Fair Employment Practices Law By Ginny Looney Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, pp. 21-23 In an election year, bill-signing ceremonies become as fine an occasion to judge the issues of an incumbent governor’s campaign as a
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Economic Development By Staff Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, p. 25 An order which was issued recently by the Secretary of Transportation, is expected to substantially increase opportunities for minority owned firms. However, the order has sparked a controversy in
Southern Women By Staff Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, p. 25 A group of individuals gathered in Atlanta recently with Karen Nussbaum of the Working Women Organization Project (WWOP) to discuss the problems of Southern working women in the office