The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
H.L. Mitchell, 1906-1989 By Mike Land and Randall Williams Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 15 H.L. Mitchell, co-founder of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union and a life-long Southern radical and activist, died August 1 in Montgomery, where he had
One Less Voice for Discrimination By Stetson Kennedy Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 16 Any time a racist organization or hate sheet goes out of business is a time for rejoicing. The recent obituary in The Spotlight announcing the
Contemporary Hate Activity By Staff Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, pp. 16-18 EDITOR’S NOTE: As Stetson Kennedy points out[see “One Less Voice for Discrimination, Vol. 11 No. 4], the problems of bigotry, violence and discrimination remain very much a part
Publications By Staff Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 20 War at Home: Covert Action Against U.S. Activists and What We Can Do About It by movement lawyer Brian Glick traces “the history of CIA style ‘covert action’ by the
Hormone-free Texas. Beef Ships Out By Staff Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 21 Twenty tons of hormone-free Texas beef left the Port of Houston in late July on their way to European customers. The shipment was the first U.S.
Bear Poaching in North Carolina By Elaine Davenport Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 21 Hundreds of black bears are being poached in the southern Appalachian Mountains for their heads, hides, teeth, claws, feet, pads and gall bladders. “When we
Louisiana, Third World Dumping Ground By Greenpeace Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 21 Oh, for the good old days, when U.S. environmentalists and their gangs of regulators were ruining the economy by forcing well-meaning companies to take their business
He Is The Blues By Staff Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 22 Erstwhile blues guitarist Lee Atwater, a former member of the Howard University board of trustees, is the subject of a new song, “The Man Who Would B.B.
Do the Right Thing. Do the Right Thing. Spike Lee. By Steve Suitts Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 26 A scene late in Spike Lee’s movie, Do Thc Right Thing, depicts white firefighters trying to hose down the blazes
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Kovach Named Nieman Curator By Staff Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 22 Bill Kovach, the former editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, is the new curator of the Harvard-based Nieman Foundation program of journalism fellowships. Kovach was a Nieman fellow