The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Figures of Speech–Dressed for the H Bomb By Allen Tullos Vol. 5, No. 1, 1983, pp. 1-4 By any reasonable and fair-minded standard, our Southern members of Congress ought to have felt proud of the year they had as military
Delta Politics and the Almost Possible By Rims Barber Vol. 5, No. 1, 1983, pp. 4-7 During the recent redistricting process, black leaders felt that it would be impossible for a black candidate to Page 5 win Mississippi’s Second Congressional
The 1982 Lillian Smith Book Awards By Staff Vol. 5, No. 1, 1983, pp. 7-10 The Southern Regional Council’s annual Lillian Smith Awards Luncheon was held in Atlanta in November as a part of the SRC’s annual meeting. The awards
Myra Page: Daughter of the South, Worker for Change By Mary Frederickson Vol. 5, No. 1, 1983, pp. 10-12, 14-15 On a summer evening this past August, Myra Page sat surrounded by books, papers and manuscripts in her home of
Continue readingMyra Page: Daughter of the South, Worker for Change
From Southern Cotton Mills and Labor, 1929, by Myra Page By Myra Page Vol. 5, No. 1, 1983, p. 13 The next afternoon I went to see my friend, Marg. Marg was always a tonic, especially after such an experience
Continue readingFrom Southern Cotton Mills and Labor, 1929, by Myra Page
Black Boss: Political Revolution in a Georgia County By Lawrence J. Hanks Vol. 5, No. 1, 1983, pp. 16-18 Black Boss: Political Revolution in a Georgia County. John Rozier. The University of Georgia Press, 1982. John Rozier’s Black Boss is
Continue readingBlack Boss: Political Revolution in a Georgia County
Elephants in the Cottonfields By Randall Williams Vol. 5, No. 1, 1983, pp. 19-20 Elephants in the Cottonfields: Ronald Reagan and the New Republican South. Wayne Greenhaw. Macmillan, 1982. The growing strength of the Republican party in Dixie has taken
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music By David E. Whisnant Vol. 5, No. 1, 1983, pp. 20-24 The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music, selected and annotated by Bill Malone (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1981). Eight LP or cassette
Continue readingThe Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music
Money on the Mainline By Tim Johnson Vol. 5, No. 2, 1983, pp. 1-6 Bob Scherer, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Georgia Power Company, believes that electric rates should not be regulated. “Regulation isn’t working,”
Ethics and Equations By Polly Paddock Vol. 5, No. 2, 1983, p. 7 I was never much of a math or science student. During high school and college, I went to great lengths to avoid taking any courses in those