The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Tribute to Gwendolyn Cherry By Staff Vol. 1, No. 6, 1979, pp. 2-3 On February 7, Gwen Cherry, the Vice-President of the Southern Regional Council, died in an automobile accident in Tallahassee, Florida. Her death leaves the Council without one
A RETURN TO THE SUN By Sun & REP Vol. 1, No. 6, 1979, pp. 4, 12 Five thousand years ago men worshipped the sun. After a 50 century hiatus, man is turning his attention and hope – toward that
Black Farmers: A Vanishing Breed By Robert M. Press Vol. 1, No. 6, 1979, pp. 5-7 Bolivar County, Mississippi-Mary Coleman hunches over, shucking corn on the wooden porch of the small crossroads grocery store she runs here. Weedcroppers from the
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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Solar Greenhouses: A Method of Survival for Small Farmers By the Staff of the Graham Center Vol. 1, No. 6, 1979, pp. 10-12 Today, the American small farmer is an endangered species. As control of land and the farm economy
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Wilcox County–A Day in Wilcox County: 1967 By Floyd Hunter Vol. 1, No. 6, 1979, pp. 13-14 Editor’s Note: As part of a report by the National Education Association regarding conditions of teaching and learning in Wilcox County, Alabama, Floyd
A New Day in Wilcox County: 1978 By Harriet Swift Vol. 1, No. 6, 1979, pp. 15, 16, 28 “Bad Wilcox,” the civil rights workers used to call it. “In Alabama they say that there are 66 counties and then
Problems of Pain By June Adamson Vol. 1, No. 6, 1979, pp. 17-18 The X-rays had been taken and I lay on the emergency room cot in the curtained cubicle waiting for the doctor to see whether I had any
Segregation Order at Reidsville Prison By Ginny Looney Vol. 1, No. 6, 1979, pp.19-21 In southeast Georgia last summer, the day before Independence Day, a decade of legal precedent was overturned at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville when U.S. District
Games Prison Bureaucrats Play: The Story of the Olympic Prison By Andy Hall Vol. 1, No. 6, 1979, pp.22-25 In 11 short months the small village of Lake Placid, nestled high in the Adirondack mountain range of upstate New York,
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