The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Framing the Debate from a Worker’s View By Ken Johnson Vol. 10, No. 2, 1988, pp. 24-25 For more than two decades, Southern governments, Chambers of Commerce, business supporters and others, when measuring the South’s economic well-being and quality of
A Letter from Lillian Smith Edited by Rose Gladney Vol. 10, No. 2, 1988, pp. 27-28 The following is the third in a series of letters selected from the correspondence of Lillian Smith This issue’s selection (from a carbon copy
Cause at Heart: A Former Communist Remembers by Junius Irving Scales and Richard Nickson. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1987.427 pages. $24.95.) By Patricia Sullivan Vol. 10, No. 2, 1988, pp. 29-31 In 1946 the Interracial Committee for North Carolina
The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 10, No. 2, 1988, p. 32 MOTHER: Child, I told you all your life that white folks is trouble. Treat them right but keep your distance. DAUGHTER: But, Momma Jean, I
Contras in Dixie By Eric Guthey Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, pp. 1-6 In 1984 an assassin’s bomb intended for Contra leader Eden Pastora killed eight people, including an American journalist, at the Contra outpost of La Penca on the
Just a Little Guy Who Got Hit by the Arms Truck By Eric Guthey Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, p. 3 I RAISED MY children according to the principle that if you see something that’s not right,” you report it,
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Cubans in Limbo By Joe Dolman Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, pp. 8-9 The Atlanta Federal Penitentiary was weirdly luminous in the bleak November dusk. U.S. Army floodlights, hauled in on long flatbed trailers, bathed its granite walls and gray
A Time to Cast Away Stones By Kathryn J. Waller Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, pp. 10-11 It seemed an unlikely situation. I was driving to a farmer’s rally in Conway, S.C., to hear speeches from local politicians, mostly white,
Dollars and Schools: Resource Development By Stuart. Rosenfeld Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, pp. 12-14 Today, attitudes toward education have changed–though not necessarily for altruistic or philosophical reasons–from the traditional view that human resource development meant higher priorities for training
‘Time to Revitalize’ Southern Labor By Paul McLennan and Vicki Trifiro Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, pp. 15-16 For William Winpisinger, the message to corporate America from the 5,000 workers gathered in an Atlanta parking lot on April 30 wee