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Labor, Environmental Coalition Wins Bill Passage By Stewart Acuff Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, p. 16 It’s not often that the environmental movement and the labor movement can find enough common ground to work together in a mutually beneficial effort.
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A Letter from Lillian Smith Edited by Rose Gladney Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, pp. 16-17 The letter below, written to the editors of the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION though it was never published there, is the fourth in a series from
The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women Who Started It by Jo Ann Gibson Robinson. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1987. 190 pp. $12.95.) By Gregg Barak Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, pp. 18, 20 The Montgomery Bus Boycott and
Matewan By John P. David Vol. 10, No. 3, 1986, pp. 20-22 Matewan (Written and directed by John Sayles. Filmed by Haskell Wexler. Music by Mason Daring. With James Earl Jones, Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham.) Many people know
How To Make $100,000 Farming 25 Acres by Booker T. Whatley. (Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, 1987. 180 Pages. $24.95 cloth. $17.95 paper.) By Lyn Frazer Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, pp. 22-23 As a book title, “How To Make $100,000
The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, p. 24 Phillip Henry Pitts is one helluva trial lawyer. The man is skilled, creative and deadly spontaneous. I have been aware of Henry’s trial abilities for
The Rights to Life By Lynne McAnelly Vol. 10, No. 4, 1988, pp. 1-4 Agriculture is on the edge of a revolution that could bring changes as profound as the industrial revolution. From soybean growers in Georgia to cattle producers
Plutonium Politics: The Poisoning of South Carolina By Andre Carothers Vol. 10, No. 4, 1988, pp. 4-5, 8-11 It’s not hard to attract attention at the Savannah River Plant, particularly if you are roaring along its southwestern boundary in a
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Hispanics Struggle for Parity in Texas By Elaine Davenport Vol. 10, No. 4, 1988, pp. 11-13 By the year 2010, Hispanics will be a majority of the population in Texas and will be more numerous than any other ethnic group,
Robeson County’s ‘Third World Ills’ By Mab Segrest Vol. 10, No. 4, 1988, pp. 14-16 Julian Pierce, a Lumbee Indian candidate for superior court judge in Robeson County, North Carolina, went to his door in the early morning hours of