The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Recapturing the Language: The South and Right-Wing Tactics of Mystification By David E. Whisnant Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp. 1-10 “God Almighty created women.” Mother Jones said, “and the “Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies.” reminding us of
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We Shall Overcome. Reviewed by Tom Rankin Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp. 11-12 We Shall Overcome By Jim Brown, Ginger Brown, Harold Leventhal, and George Stoney. 58 min. 3/4″ and 1/2 video formats, color. (California Newsreel, 149 Ninth Street,
Memories of the Poll Tax Fight By Virginia Foster Durr with William Honey Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp. 14-15 When I got to Washington in 1933 I began working with the Women’s Division of the Democratic Party. One of
The 1991 Lillian Smith Awards By Staff Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp. 18-20 The Smith Awards were founded in 1968 to recognize and encourage outstanding writing about the South. Named in honor of Lillian Smith, a Georgian who long
Reflections on Affirmative Action AngstReflections of an Affirmative Action Baby, by Steven Carter (Basic Books, 1991). Reviewed by Julian Bond Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp. 22-23 Students of race relations have watched with interest the elevation to media prominence
A Reporter’s Retrospective of the Movement Reviewed by W. B. Ragsdale, Jr. Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp. 23-25 Free at Last, The Civil Rights Movement and the People Who Made It. Fred Powledge. (Little, Brown, 1991. xxiii, 711 pp.).
Are We Ready for a Vision of Justice? Reviewed by Leslie Dunbar Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp. 25-28 Savage Inequalities. Jonathan Kozol. (Crown Publishers, 1991. ix, 262 pp.). The Promised Land. Nicholas Lemann. (Knopf, 1991. 410 pp.). Explanations of
Arguments Over What the South Was, Is, and Will Be Reviewed by Claude Sitton Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp. 28-30 The South Moves Into Its Future: studies in the analysis and prediction of social change. Edited by Joseph S.
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Civil Rights In The Popular Culture By Julian Bond Vol. 14, No. 2, 1992, pp. 1-2, 4-7 It was a familiar story with a different twist. On October 3, 1991, members of a white sorority at the University of Alabama
Undemocratic America: A Former Secretary of Labor Explains Our Trend Toward a More Imperfect Union, and Offers Some Recipes for Change By Ray Marshall Vol. 14, No. 2, 1992, pp. 8-14 TODAY, AS IN THE PAST, America has a tendency