Black Women’s Health Conference
Black Women’s Health Conference By Betty Norwood Chaney Vol. 5, No. 5, 1983, pp. 18-20 In 1970 Byllye Avery had it made. She was married to a wonderful man. He was college educated and had a good job. They owned
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Findings from U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, A Growing Crisis: Disadvantaged Women and Their Children, May 1983.
Findings from U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, A Growing Crisis: Disadvantaged Women and Their Children, May 1983. By Staff Vol. 5, No. 5, 1983, p. 19 In its 1982 report on health insurance coverage and employment for minorities and women,
Testing for Competency
Testing for Competency By Hortense Dixon Vol. 5, No. 5, 1983, pp. 20-22 Twenty-one states now base teacher certification on the results of competency tests. These tests measure what is considered to be “basic knowledge” appropriate for the eighth grade
Bertram Wyatt-Brown. Southern Honor: Ethics and Behavior in the Old South. Oxford University Press, 1982.
Bertram Wyatt-Brown. Southern Honor: Ethics and Behavior in the Old South. Oxford University Press, 1982. By Lynda Morgan Vol. 5, No. 5, 1983, pp. 22-24 In his History of the Southern Confederacy, published in 1954, Clement Eaton noted that students
Kissing Honest Politics Goodbye, Again?
Kissing Honest Politics Goodbye, Again? By Steve Suitts Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, pp. 1-3 George Wallace’s election with significant black support in Alabama in 1982 reaffirmed that politics makes strange bedfellows in the South. This November, Bill Allain’s close
New Federalism and Minority Rights: After Three Years
New Federalism and Minority Rights: After Three Years By Alex Willingham Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, pp. 3-5 When Ronald Reagan was elected President, he was widely regarded as a threat to the progressive social policies gradually put in place
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Blockading the Bomb Plant
Blockading the Bomb Plant By Sue Bowman Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983 pp. 5-7 Demonstrations against the deployment of US Cruise and Pershing missiles have been mounted all over Europe this fall. In West Germany the campaign is called “Hot
Demonstrating at Weapon World
Demonstrating at Weapon World By Dan Bernstein Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, pp. 7-8 The people who gathered on a baseball field under cloudy skies were as diverse a group as you could imagine. There were teen-agers and grandmothers; doctors
The Movement Remembered: “Like A Banked Fire”
The Movement Remembered: “Like A Banked Fire” By Staff Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, pp. 8-13 Worth Long: When did you first realize that there was a need for civil rights change, for change in the state of Mississippi? Aurelia
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The North Georgia Forty
The North Georgia Forty By Gregg Jones Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, p. 13 Their rallying cry is “Keep public lands in public hands,” and Dr. Phillip Greear hopes it will help save national forest land from the auction block.