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It’s Jesse Again By Frye Gaillard Vol. 6, No. 6, 1984, pp. 1-3 Relying on $14 million worth of accusation, racial invective and unrepentant lying, Sen. Jesse Helms has been reelected. He defeated North Carolina’s popular governor, Jim Hunt, by
Plantation Portraits: Women of the Louisiana Cane Fields By Tika Laudin Vol. 6, No. 6, 1984, pp. 4-6 HELEN CASSIMERE Jeanerette, formerly Kilgro and Hope Plantations. I plant cane, cut grass, cut cane, hoe cane, pull grass out of cane,
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Southern Hunger in the Eighties: Win this one for the Reaper By Allen Tullos Vol. 6, No. 6, 1984, pp. 6-11, 13-16 “There’s no basis for this demagoguery that somehow we have punished, and are picking on, or trying to
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Statement of Dr. Aaron Shirley before the House Select Committee on Hunger. Greenwood, Mississippi June 25, 1984 By Aaron Shirley Vol. 6, No. 6, 1984, p. 12 My name is Aaron Shirley. I am a practicing pediatrician and the project
Of Hungry Children, 1967 By Raymond M. Wheeler, M.D. Vol. 6, No. 6, 1984, p. 15 I am distressed and concerned that Senators Stennis and Eastland interpret my remarks this morning as libelous to the state of Mississippi. I was
Southern Banks Charge Ahead By Jim Overton Vol. 6, No. 6, 1984, pp. 18-20 A financial services revolution is underway and Southern banks are doing their damndest to make sure they get as large a slice of the pie as
The Bear. A film from Embassy Pictures, 1984. Larry G. Spangler, producer; Richard Sarafian, director; written by Michael Kane; starring Gary Busey as Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. Reviewed by Elliott J. Gorn Vol. 6, No. 6, 1984, pp. 20, 22-23
The Politics of Culture in an American Region Reviewed by J.W. Williamson Vol. 6, No. 6, 1984, pp. 23-24 All That Is Native and Fine: The Politics of Culture in an American Region by David E. Whisnant. University of North
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