What Price Are We Willing to Pay?
What Price Are We Willing to Pay? By Rose Sanders Vol. 10, No. 2, 1988, pp. 23-24 Since I have been in the South it has come to my attention that the Black Belt has the greatest potential of any
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Framing the Debate from a Worker’s View
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
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.)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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