In This Issue
In This Issue By Staff Vol. 2, No. 2, 1979, pp. 2 A few weeks ago I received a letter from Cheryl A. Swanson, a student in Massachusetts who had just finished reading Robert Coles’ book, Still Hungry in America.
Category: Southern Changes. Volume 2, Number 2, 1979
Correction
Correction By Allen Tullos Vol. 2, No. 2, 1979, pp. 3 There seems to be an item which slipped by all our dutiful proofreading in the July issue of Southern Changes probably because the error had the sound of being
The Crisis of Conscience
The Crisis of Conscience By Staff Vol. 2, No. 2, 1979, pp. 3-4 Three out of five federal judges in the South and probably a majority in the nation belong to segregated, all-White, social clubs, according to a report released
The Threat of Hunger and Ill-Health
The Threat of Hunger and Ill-Health By Ray Wheeler Vol. 2, No. 2., 1979, pp. 5-8 The existence of hunger and malnutrition among the poor and occurring throughout the United States has been established beyond debate. It seems likely also
The Anatomy of a Judgeship
The Anatomy of a Judgeship By Marie Stokes Jemison Vol. 2, No. 2., 1979, pp. 9-11 A vacancy loomed on the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and Jamie Ledlow Shores set about to fill it. Soon after Janie Ledlow
Making Things Healthy
Making Things Healthy By Harriet Swift Vol. 2, No. 2., 1979, pp. 12-16 There’s a familiar 1960s feel to the scene that recalls VISTA television spots: energetic, attractive college students bustle up and down the halls of the summer-emptied Black
The Making of a Ghetto
The Making of a Ghetto By Bob Powell Vol. 2, No. 2., 1979, pp. 17-20 For Southerners who weren’t raised in them, federal housing projects are often visualized as inner city creatures of high crime with vandalized shells where rats
Urban and Rural Development
Urban and Rural Development By Staff Vol. 2, No. 2., 1979, pp. 21 People who help each other build their homes save more than $8,000 in construction costs according to a survey released by Rural America. The survey of the
Southern Women
Southern Women By Liz Wheaton Vol. 2, No. 2., 1979, pp. 22 After July 2, 1976 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that executions could be resumed under certain circumstances, state legislatures clammored to enact “constitutional” death penalty statutes and,
Economic Development
Economic Development By Harold Moon Vol. 2, No. 2., 1979, pp. 23 More than half of the 11 Southern states are ranked among the worst in the nation in administering fair and equitable taxes according to a recent report of