Democracy Looks At the New South
Democracy Looks At the New South By Leslie Dunbar Vol. 4, No. 2, 1982, pp. 1-4 The news is full these days about people returning to the South, black and white, poor ones as well as those better off. The
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Protest and Survive. Edited by E.P. Thompson and Dan Smith, New York: Monthly Review Press, 1981 $4.95.
Protest and Survive. Edited by E.P. Thompson and Dan Smith, New York: Monthly Review Press, 1981 $4.95. By Allen Tullos Vol. 4, No. 2, 1982, p. 4 Protest and Survive is a powerful gift from European Nuclear Disarmament (END) to
An Update on Voting Changes in the South
An Update on Voting Changes in the South By Staff Vol. 4, No. 2, 1982, pp. 5-11 Since last summer, when legislative committees began meeting quietly and computers started humming, reapportionment in the South has charged into the political thicket
‘Fair Representation is Essential to Democracy’
‘Fair Representation is Essential to Democracy’ By Raymond Wheeler Vol. 4, No. 2, 1982, p. 10 I am a physician, a native of North Carolina, practicing in Charlotte. I speak today as a citizen of the state interested in fair
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Notes of a Klanwatcher
Notes of a Klanwatcher By Randall Williams Vol. 4, No. 2, 1982, pp. 11-13 It’s easy and relatively safe, in 1982, to hate the KKK, but explaining why an anti-Klan movement is necessary, and getting those in that movement to
Remarks in Memory Of Lillian Smith
Remarks in Memory Of Lillian Smith By Gene Gabriel Moore Vol. 4, No. 2, 1982, pp. 13-15 It is appropriate that we make what echo we can of Lillian Smith’s lifelong battle for those eternal lost causes–a classless society, uncompromised
The Reagan Impact On the South’s Poor
The Reagan Impact On the South’s Poor By Steve Suitts Vol. 4, No. 2, 1982, pp. 15-16 More than three decades ago, after the country had climbed up from the Deep Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt said that the South was
Figures of Speech–Can a Country Boy Survive?
Figures of Speech–Can a Country Boy Survive? By Allen Tullos Vol. 4, No. 3, 1982, pp. 1-3 You have to stay up awful late in Alabama nowadays to put nostalgia and melancholy under the table. In cahoots, Action News and
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The Lost Colony of North Carolina
The Lost Colony of North Carolina By Donna Dyer and Frank Adams Vol. 4, No. 3, 1982, pp. 3-11 “We don’t have poverty in Hertford County. People live like that because they want to. They don’t want it any other
Reagan’s Way of Eliminating Poverty
Reagan’s Way of Eliminating Poverty By Steve Suitts Vol. 4, No. 3, 1982, pp. 11-12 Last month the Census Bureau confirmed that Southerners remain closer kin to poverty than anyone else in the country. Southern states, as of 1980, continue