In This Issue
In This Issue By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 2 While admittedly too simple, much of the Southern life is still a saga about those two old notions of equality born in public policy during the first
Category: Southern Changes. Volume 2, Number 3, 1979
Greensboro Slayings
Greensboro Slayings By Janis Powell & Bob Powell Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 3 Five people were slain and nine wounded in Greensboro, North Carolina November 3 as they participated in an anti-Klan rally. Fourteen members of the United
Changing Politics in Mississippi
Changing Politics in Mississippi By JoAnn Klein Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 5-6 Mississippi ― fresh from legislative reapportionment designed to better reflect racial composition of voting age population – became the state with the greatest number of Black
Election day in Mississippi
Election day in Mississippi By L.C. Dorsey Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 7-8 As almost a hundred people crowded into Henry J. Kirksey’s campaign headquarters, it was clear that they were also keeping their eyes on other races in
Atlanta Blacks Lose in Special Election
Atlanta Blacks Lose in Special Election By Boyd Lewis Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 9-10 It’s the hottest political secret of Atlanta, the city “too busy to hate”, that the unhorsed barons of the old White power structure are
The Election of Birmingham’s Black Mayor
The Election of Birmingham’s Black Mayor By Ron Casey Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 11-14 Apparently there were two sets of voices vying- for Officer George Sand’s attention as Birmingham Police Department car 71 pulled into the convenience store
The Business of Blacks In the Mississippi Delta
The Business of Blacks In the Mississippi Delta By Robert Anderson, Jr. Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 15-19 On a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 1967, two White physicians who were conducting a survey for the Field Foundation
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Rural, Poor and Southern Directions of the Civil Rights Movement
Rural, Poor and Southern Directions of the Civil Rights Movement By Robert Anderson, Jr. Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 20-21 The American South has long had a singular attraction for scholars and journalists. The region has seemed to embody
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The Case for Small Farms
The Case for Small Farms By Ginny Looney and Duna Norton Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 22-25 When the State Legislature was forming the next-to last county in Alabama in 1877 from the southernmost hills of the Appalachian chain,
Southern Politics
Southern Politics By Staff Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 26 Alarmed by the enormous amounts of money that Political Action Committees (PACs) are contributing to campaigns, a majority of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives took a