The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
“A Nation at Risk” By Joseph A. Mcdonald Vol. 5, No. 4, 1983, pp. 8-10 The Report from The National Commission on Excellence in Education, “A Nation at Risk,” has generated tremendous reaction. Newscasts, newspapers, journals, and magazines, in the
Can We Be Saved from School Savers? By Paul Gaston Vol. 5, No. 4, 1983, pp. 10-11 Before I had a university professorship, wrote a book, received a Ph.D., won a Fulbright to study abroad, and graduated from the college
The Freeze Down South By Margaret Roach and Allen Tullos Vol. 5, No. 4, 1983, pp. 11-14 In the fall of 1982, the Nuclear Freeze Campaign mobilized the largest referendum drive in United States history. Over eleven million Americans voted
The Smokehouse of Politics By Staff Vol. 5, No. 4, 1983, pp. 14, 16-17 John Lewis: If we were to measure the Reagan Administration by a “humanity index,” we would have to conclude that the politics and record of this
Long Journey Home By Bland Simpson and Cece Conway Vol. 5, No. 4, 1983, pp. 17-19 One of the world’s great collections of Southern and country music has come home, and therein lies a ballad. Early one morning in late
Forestry and Equity By Tom Hatley Vol. 5, No. 4, 1983, pp. 19-23 If you travel along a state highway during the Southern winter, your eyes follow unavoidably the constants of the land: field openings of red, brown, and dun-colored
White Politics in a Black Land By Bill Minor Vol. 5, No. 5, 1983, pp. 1-5, 7-9 It was the sort of affair which a few years ago would have been unthinkable in Mississippi: an NAACP fundraising luncheon in Vicksburg,
Checking the Teeth of Change By Steve Suitts Vol. 5, No. 5, 1983, p. 6 The obvious changes in Southern politics usually deserve our most intense suspicions, and Mississippi’s recent democratic primary election for the state legislature is only the
Aaron Henry from Clarksdale By Worth Long Vol. 5, No. 5, 1983, pp. 9-12 This is Aaron Henry and I’m from Clarksdale, have always lived here. Born outside of the city limits on a plantation called Flowers’ Brothers. It’s still
Drawing the Lines: A Reapportionment Primer By Brian Sherman Vol. 5, No. 5, 1983, pp. 12-18 Reapportionment occurs, or at least should occur, every ten years–when the results of the population census are released. Three years after the 1980 census,