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Elephants in the Cottonfields By Randall Williams Vol. 5, No. 1, 1983, pp. 19-20 Elephants in the Cottonfields: Ronald Reagan and the New Republican South. Wayne Greenhaw. Macmillan, 1982. The growing strength of the Republican party in Dixie has taken
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music By David E. Whisnant Vol. 5, No. 1, 1983, pp. 20-24 The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music, selected and annotated by Bill Malone (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1981). Eight LP or cassette
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Money on the Mainline By Tim Johnson Vol. 5, No. 2, 1983, pp. 1-6 Bob Scherer, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Georgia Power Company, believes that electric rates should not be regulated. “Regulation isn’t working,”
Ethics and Equations By Polly Paddock Vol. 5, No. 2, 1983, p. 7 I was never much of a math or science student. During high school and college, I went to great lengths to avoid taking any courses in those
Mississippi Makes Up Its Mind By Rims Barber Vol. 5, No. 2, 1983, pp. 8-9 The passage of an educational reform package by the Mississippi Legislature was an important victory for public involvement. Pushing the legislature to act on the
Union Power, Soul Power: The Story of 1199B and Labor’s Search for A Southern Strategy By Leon Fink Vol. 5, No. 2, 1983, pp. 9-20 Hospitals are one of the last centers of employment in the United States to be
Almost Family. Roy Hoffman. The Dial Press, 1983. By Trudier Harris Vol. 5, No. 2, 1983, pp. 21-23 White mistresses and their black maids have intrigued many generations of American writers. From the stereotypical portraits of the nineteenth century, to
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The Color Purple. Alice Walker. Harcourt, Brace, 1982. By Rose Gladney Vol. 5, No. 2, 1983, pp. 23-24 Speaking at the University of Florida in 1962, Lillian Smith observed that women were only beginning “to break the million year silence
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South Without End By Steve Suitts and Allen Tullos Vol. 5, No. 3, 1983, pp. 1-2 The South has been born again in the gospel of American presidential politics. “The South is the Key” was the shorter catechism which brought
Blacks to Gain Senate Seats In South Carolina By Jack Bass Vol. 5, No. 3, 1983, pp. 3-4 After years of resistance, the all-white South Carolina senate voted thirty to eight in February to adopt a single-member district reapportionment plan
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