In This Issue
In This Issue By Betty Norwood Chaney Vol. 2, No. 4, 1980, pp. 2 We are as wrought with opinion and reflection in this our first issue of the new year as we may heve been bereft of it last
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Too Poor for Food Stamps
Too Poor for Food Stamps By Staff Vol. 2, No. 4, 1980, pp. 3-4 Almost eight million poor Americans did not have ample food during this holiday season because of barriers and restrictions in the federal food stamp program. In
Mandatory Sentencing
Mandatory Sentencing By members of The Law Project Vol. 2, No. 4, 1980, pp. 5-7 There is a great push on, in the media and among politicians, to institute mandatory sentencing and to otherwise impose more stringent sentences. Unless strongly
Fighting the Klan in the Military
Fighting the Klan in the Military By Phil Wilayto Vol. 2, No. 4, 1980, pp. 8-11 An aircraft carrier is really a small city. When it’s out to sea with a full crew and a complement of marines, it’s 5,000
Reflections on Racial Progress in Mississippi:1964 Freedom Summer and Rosedale Mississippi 1979
Reflections on Racial Progress in Mississippi:1964 Freedom Summer and Rosedale Mississippi 1979 By Ivory Phillips Vol. 2, No. 4, 1980, pp. 12-16 Editor’s Note: In October 1979 a conference was held in Jackson, Mississippi to commemorate and assess the civil
Reflections on Racial Progress in Mississippi:’Freedom Summer’ After Fifteen Years
Reflections on Racial Progress in Mississippi:’Freedom Summer’ After Fifteen Years By Gordon D. Gibson Vol. 2, No. 4, 1980, pp. 17-19 Mississippi in 1Q64 had long been”the dark hell-hole of the Black experience,” in the words of Prof. William,Strickland of
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Blacks Confronting Minority Problems in the Sunshine State
Blacks Confronting Minority Problems in the Sunshine State By Al Burt Vol. 2, No. 4, 1980, pp. 20-22 For the first time in Florida, a broadly based coalition of Black organizations has adopted an agenda for political action. Its priorities
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Atlanta Community Food Bank
Atlanta Community Food Bank By Staff Vol. 2, No. 4, 1980, pp. 22 Every year 20 percent of the food in America is thrown away for such reasons as improperly labeled items, undersized or oversized products and partially opened cases.
Economic Development: Southern Representatives Oppose Welfare Reform
Economic Development: Southern Representatives Oppose Welfare Reform By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 4, 1980, pp. 24 Proposing to increase present payments to the Southern poor, major welfare reform was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on November 7th
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Interchange
Interchange By Steve Suitts Vol. 2, No. 5, 1980 pp. 2-3 “Being right never won an election.” Eugene Witherspoon:, once told me and others as we sat on the hog fence outside of Freedom Quilting Bee in Alberta, Alabama. “It