The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Urban and Rural Development By Elaine Kporha Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 26 President Carter’s urban policy proposal, calling for a “new partnership to conserve America’s communities,” has been highly publicized, roundly criticized, and widely analyzed. It is designed to
Interchange: In This Issue By Betty Norwood Chaney Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978, p. 2 Southern Changes, for those of you who are reading our pages for the first time, marks the beginning of the Southern Regional Council’s fifth publishing
Hilldrup’s Dilemma Is Not All Black And White By Harvey Gates Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978, pp. 3-4 In the September issue of Southern Changes, Mr. Robert P. Hilldrup struck a cord sensitive to my paternal instincts with his article
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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
Vivian Malone Jones and the VEP: From Integration to Voter Registration By Christena Bledsoe Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978, pp. 8-10 Sometime in her youth, Vivian Malone Jones decided she wanted to go to college. That wouldn’t have been such
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Atlanta Metro School Suit: A Search for Equality By Marcia Cross-Briscoe Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978, pp. 11-12 Atlanta may be “the city too busy to hate” but its process of desegregating its public school system reflects the trends of
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Dooty’s Last Stand By Jerry Bledsoe Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978, pp. 13-15 She had thought this would be the day, and all morning Luemer Plumley, whom her sisters call Dooty, sat on the porch watching and waiting. She watched
‘My Soul Is Rested’ Stirs Unrest In Marketing By Bill Cutler Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978, pp. 16-18 “White people don’t have much experience in running into that sort of prejudice. It fills you with a powerless anger. So I
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THE CHAINS THAT BIND: ERA and the Southern Black Woman By Sylvia Crudup Cole Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978, pp. 19-21 Congress voted recently to extend -the- period for the states to ratify the ERA until June 30, 1982. This
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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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