The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
The Present Danger By Alex Willingham Vol. 6, No. 5, 1984, pp. 1-3 In the current presidential campaign, the forces of reaction have sought to win by controlling the tone of public discussion. By portraying Reagan’s superficiality as innocent pleasantry,
Wolves in Robes By Hal Crowther Vol. 6, No. 5, 1984, pp. 3-4 To people outside North Carolina, it may sound like a parochial, partisan quarrel between courtroom personalities who rub each other the wrong way. But the decision by
Changing Decades By Steve Suitts Vol. 6, No. 5, 1984, pp. 4-8 This year, Southern Regional Council marks the fortieth anniversary of its founding. Today, as in the past, the Council’s vision of the South’s future radiates from a belief
Time and Time Again: The Women, the Union and the Vanity Factory By Paula Mclendon Vol. 6, No. 5, 1984, pp. 8-17 Sarah Boykin: Mr. Hundley was the plant manager when we first started organizing. They told us that he
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The Union Comes to Dooly County By Dave Ransom Vol. 6, No. 5, 1984, pp. 17-18 “We made history!” rejoiced Bettie Lloyd, after she and the forty-seven other workers at Rosewood Nursing Home in Byromville, Georgia–predominantly black, mostly women–voted this
Tending Our Gardens By Tom Hatley Vol. 6, No. 5, 1984, pp. 18-24 I. My grandparents grew two kinds of sweet potatoes in back of their farmhouse in central North Carolina. The main staple was the orange-skinned type, so much