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Henry Wallace’s Campaign Foreshadowed the Movement as Well as the Rainbow By Patricia Sullivan Vol. 10, No. 5, 1988, pp. 11, 16-17 Late in the summer of 1948, presidential candidate Henry Wallace embarked on a week-long tour through the Deep
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A Holiday Shopper’s Guide to Alternative Giving By Kelly Dowe Vol. 10, No. 5, 1988, pp. 18-20 When my mother was a little girl in Centreville, Alabama, she received the gift of an apple–not a real apple, but a wooden
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A Letter from Lillian Smith Edited by Rose Gladney Vol. 10, No. 5, 1988, pp. 22-23 This is the final letter in a series published over the last year by Southern Changes exploring the correspondence of Lillian Smith. The selection
The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 10, No. 5, 1988, pp. 24, 23 In the fall and winter of 1984, fifty white FBI agents came bustling into five west Alabama black-majority counties. The feds visited more than
Aborted Rights in Arkansas By Brownie Ledbetter Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 1, 3 In the November elections, Arkansas voters–by a 52 to 48 percent margin–moved the abortion debate to a new level. The issue in Arkansas is no
Women and the Civil Rights Movement: Roles Too Long Unexamined By Sharron Hannon Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 4-5 The year 1988 wee a time for looking back. Twenty-five years ago a church was bombed in Birmingham, thousands marched
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The Press as Company Store, Atlanta Style By Eric Guthey Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 8-10 To doubt the current charming presentations of Southern growth and prosperity is to bring anathema on one’s head. What! The South not prosperous.
Principle, Conviction and Fate in the Remarkable Career of Judge Elbert Tuttle By Bill Steverson Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 11-14 One of Elbert Tuttle’s earliest memories, aside from the assassination of President McKinley in 1901, is of a
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A 1988 Report from the Southern Regional Council By Staff Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 14-15 EDITORS’NOTE: The following material is excerpted from the 1988 Annual Report of the Southern Regional Council. The report outlines past and present activities
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Looking Back . . . SRC and the Nation By Staff Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, p. 15 In 1919 the Commission on Interracial Cooperation was started. Thirty-five years later the Commission was reorganized as the Southern Regional Council. Over