Land of the Free
Land of the Free By Leslie W. Dunbar Vol. 13, No. 3, 1991, pp. 1-5 In the New York Times on July 14, Vaclav Havel called for a continued American “presence” in Europe, as a “guarantee of peace and stability.”
Category: Southern Changes. Volume 13, Number 3, 1991
The Southern Regional Council and the Roots of Rural Change
The Southern Regional Council and the Roots of Rural Change By Steve Suitts Vol. 13, No. 3, 1991, pp. 5-12 Since the creation of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation–the Southern Regional Council’s parent organization–in 1919, the SRC has been guided
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The 1990 Life Fellow Honoree
The 1990 Life Fellow Honoree By Staff Vol. 13, No. 2, 1991, p. 13 “Both the black and the white people of Alabama’s Black Belt and the nation are indebted greatly to Estelle Witherspoon. Long before historians marked the beginning
Rural Poverty and Rural Development
Rural Poverty and Rural Development By Barbara Ellen Smith Vol. 13, No. 2, 1991, pp. 14-17 I belong to a generation that never experienced the frightening, pervasive poverty of the Great Depression. I grew up in an urban area believing
A Hero, Moth Holes and All
A Hero, Moth Holes and All Reviewed by Tony Dunbar Vol. 13, No. 3, 1991, pp. 24-26 W. J. Cash, A Life, by Bruce Clayton. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1991, $24.95.) To those who have “a profound conviction
Moving On, But Not to Utopia
Moving On, But Not to Utopia Reviewed by John R. Salter Jr. Vol. 13, No. 2, 1991, pp. 26-27 Farewell–We’re Good and Gone: The Great Black Migration by Carole Marks. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1989. 209 pp., photographs, charts and
Bull and ‘Bombingham’
Bull and ‘Bombingham’ Reviewed by George Littleton Vol. 13, No. 3, 1991, pp. 27-28 Until Justice Rolls Down: The Birmingham Church Bombing Case by Frank Sikora. (Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press, 1991. 175 pp. $22.75).Bull Connor by William A. Nunnelley.
An Oral History Forerunner
An Oral History Forerunner Reviewed by Jane Maguire Abrams Vol. 13, No. 3, 1991, pp. 28-30 Willie Mae, by Elizabeth Kytle. Foreword by Joyce A. Ladner. (McLean, Virginia: EPM Publications, 1991. 244 pages, $19.95). Times have changed and with that
Good Writing on Good Food
Good Writing on Good Food Reviewed by Randall Williams Vol. 13, No. 3, 1991, p. 30 Side Orders: Small Helpings of Southern Cookery and Culture, by John Egerton. (Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 1990. 224 pp. $14.95.). A highly readable, entertaining and
The Cold Hard Truth
The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 13, No. 3, 1991, pp. 32, 31 I have been looking quietly at the Selma school system and the Selma school board. Selma is where I live, but I expect it’s