The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
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 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 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 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” 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 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.
Reaping What We Sow By Cary Fowler Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, pp. 14-18 American agriculture is imported. All the major food crops grown in North America originated elsewhere. It is believed that agriculture began independently in Southwest and East
Fred Hobson. Tell About the South: The Southern Rage to Explain, Louisiana State University Press, 1983. By Elliott Gorn Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, 20-21 I recently attended a workshop for historians held at a Southern university. One scholar, who
Marie Faulk Rudisill. Truman Capote. William Morrow & Co., 1983. By Harriet Swift Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, pp. 21-23 Marie Faulk Rudisill, Truman Capote’s aunt, has succeeded in accomplishing what most people thought was impossible: she has brought her
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Stephen Oates. Let The Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Harper and Row, 1982. Paper edition by Plume, New American Library, 1983. By Lawrence J. Hanks Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, pp. 23-24 Let The Trumpet Sound