The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Millions of Pounds of Uranium–Oak Ridge Wastes Varied, Extensive By Debra Castaldo Vol. 8, No. 2, 1986, pp. 16-17 The Oak Ridge Reservation (ORR) located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is owned and operated by the US Department of Energy (DOE).
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Claude Ramsay, 1916-1986 By Bill Minor Vol. 8, No. 2, 1986, pp. 17-18 In death, Claude Ramsay belatedly was paid homage the other day by a lot of big politicians and some of his long-time foes around the Legislature as
Claude Ramsay-A Life for Mississippi workers By Steve Riley Vol. 8, No. 2, 1986, pp. 19, 21 When Claude Ramsay retired late last year, the longtime Mississippi labor chief started shopping for a shotgun. After twenty-six turbulent years of fighting
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Reaping the Whirlwind: The Civil Rights Movement in Tuskegee by Robert J. Norrell. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. $19.95 Reviewed by Howard R. Lamar Vol. 8, No. 2, 1986, pp. 21-24 In the preface to Reaping the Whirlwind: The
The Poverty of Policy By Steve Suitts Vol. 8, No. 3, 1986, pp. 1-3 In late August the casualty list for 1986 in America’s half-hearted war on poverty revealed that fourteen percent of Americans were living in “official” poverty (an
Cells for Sale By Harmon L. Wray, Jr. Vol. 8, No. 3, 1986, pp. 3-6 The rush to transfer government services and functions from public to profit-making hands has lately found its way to the “field” of incarceration and corrections.
Taking the Fifth By Marilyn Davis and Alex Willingham Vol. 8, No. 3, 1986, pp. 7-9 Two election contests have drawn much attention to Georgia this year: a race crucial in determining the party alignment in the US Senate, and
In Wallace’s Wake–New Demagoguery for the Eighties By Randall Williams Vol. 8, No. 3, 1986, pp. 10-12 “Alabama has it all,” brag the interstate billboards leading into the Heart of Dixie. The slogan is aimed mostly at Florida- or Louisiana-bound
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CDC Study Reveals–South’s Hysterectomy Rate Highest By AET Vol. 8, No. 3, 1986, pp. 13-14 Nearly five million American women underwent hysterectomies in the last decade, making this procedure one of the most frequently performed operations for women of reproductive
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Empty Rituals in the War on Drugs By Hal Crowther Vol. 8, No. 3, 1986, pp. 14-15 Two months dead and Len Bias is still making headlines. When cocaine claims a victim who’s young and famous and a gifted athlete,