The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
The Biggest Texan: John Henry Faulk 1913-1990 By Virginia Durr Vol. 12, No. 2, 1990, pp. 15-17 Editor’s note: When John Henry Faulk died in Texas on April 9, 1990, many people lost a treasured friend and this nation lost
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A decade of litigation a Southern ‘Devil’s Island.’ Reviewed by Laughlin McDonald Vol. 12, No. 2, 1990, pp. 17-19 Reform and Regret by Larry W. Yackle (New York: Oxford University Press. 1989. 322 pp.). Reform and Regret, by Larry W.
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Telling a Mouthful about the South. Reviewed by Leslie Dunbar Vol. 12, No. 2, 1990, pp. 19-22 Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Charles Reagan Wilson and William Ferris, co-editors. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989. $49.95.) Is an encyclopedia,
A mayor who was never addicted to steel. Reviewed by Charles Morgan Jr. Vol. 12, No. 2, 1990, pp. 22-23 BACK TO BIRMINGHAM: Richard Barrington, Jr. and His Times by Jimmie Lewis Franklin (Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1989).
The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 12, No. 2, 1990, p. 24 Editor’s Note: It has been a turbulent in Dallas County, Alabama, where the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act was celebrated earlier this year
Letting Loose of Liberalism: Some Thoughts on Cultural Work and the Limits of Polite Discourse By David E. Whisnant Vol. 12, No. 3, 1990, pp. 1-11 IN Walker Percy’s story “The Last Donahue Show,” the topic of the day is
Politics the Beloved Commune: Arkansas has the opportunity to learn from the experiences of other Southern states By Steve Suitts Vol. 12, No. 3, 1990, pp. 13-16 THE YEAR 1990 may be remembered as a profound moment for Arkansas politics.
Making Votes Count in Arkansas–Challenge to Plantation-Style Politics By Dan Fleshler Vol. 12, No. 3, 1990, pp. 14-15 Nearly every day this past year, M.C. Jeffers watched news reports of Eastern European crowds clamoring for meaningful elections, for the right
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Human Heroics in Uniting an Old Culture to New Religion. Reviewed by Charles Prejean Vol. 12, No. 3, 1990, pp. 17-18 Ain’t you Got a Right to the Tree of Life? Recorded and edited by Guy and Candie Carawan, with
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The Importance of Race in the Classroom. L. W. D. Vol. 12, No. 3, 1990, p. 18 RACE, CLASS, AND EDUCATION: The Polities of Second-Generation Discrimination by Kenneth J. Meier, Joseph Stewart Jr., and Robert E;. England (University of Wisconsin