The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Minority Participation in Construction Of Atlanta Airport By Dave Miller and Gordon Kenna Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978, pp. 24-25 Contracting opportunities for minority-owned businesses have been the subject of much attention of late, but the methods of
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Human Rights and the South By Leslie Dunbar Vol. 1, No. 3, 1978, pp. 3-5, 28 In the closing months of the pre-atomic age, the Southern Regional Council was formed out of conviction that race was the central issue of
The South’s Clout After Its Retiring Congressmen By Tom Fiedler Vol. 1, No. 3, 1978, pp. 6-7 Early this year, when fighting erupted in the “new” civil war pitting the Sunbelt against the Frostbelt, the Southern Growth Policies Board packed
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Southern Elections: A State by State Version By SRC Staff Vol. 1, No. 3, 1978, pp. 8-11, 25-29 Former populist Governor Big Jim Folsom of Alabama once said that politics was for him like, “courtin’ a beautiful woman – if
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Tommy Lee Hines and the Cullman Saga By Bob Dart Vol. 1, No. 3, 1978, pp. 12-15 Squatting in the marbled hallways, the wrinkled hangers-on, found in any country courthouse, chewed and digested the carryings-on that had descended upon their
Tupelo: Hometown in Turmoil By Betty Norwood Chaney Vol. 1, No. 3, 1978, pp. 16-19 “Hey, they got a jitney jungle,” a Black kid with a Michigan brogue exclaimed to his traveling companion as the bus wound its way into
The Dying Memory of Hugo Black By Thomas Noland Vol. 1, No. 3, 1978, pp. 20-21 “Mr. Justice Black and myself were both natives of Clay County. Each of us dearly loved and revered our native origins and the peoples
Southern Women By Tina Williams Vol. 1, No. 3, 1978, pp. 23 In Atlanta recently, the YWCA Vocational Counseling Center in conjunction with Project Focus, a CETA funded program offering vocational counseling to high school students, hosted a career conference,
Economic Development By Mark Levinson Vol. 1, No. 3, 1978, p. 24 The debate over Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) is one of the perennial attractions of the Georgia legislature. Each year, when all the other issues have
Health Care By Ron Sailor Vol. 1, No. 3, 1978, pp. 25 Southwest Community Hospital currently has only 125 beds – but it wants to build a new wing with 75 additional medical-surgical beds. The construction request, however, has been