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Voting rights denied By The Editors Volume 14, No. 3, pp. 1-4 George Bush celebrated the July 4th weekend this year with the most flagrantly anti-democratic act of his presidency—the veto of the National Voter Registration Act. The bill, which
The Salt of Memory— Nostalgia, Class, and the Lesbian in Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe By Julie Wilson Volume 14, No. 3, pp. 5-11 “Of course, most of the house is all boarded up and falling down
Bill Minor’s Forty-Five Years of Progressive Journalism By Michael L. Cooper Vol. 14, No. 3, 1992, pp. 12-17 Bill Minor received a call in late 1947 from A. J. Liebling, media critic for the New Yorker. Liebling had read the
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A Right to Be There By Constance Curry Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp.18-23, 25 It was Mae Bertha Carter on the phone. “I’m on my way to raise hell with the Mayor,” she told me. “The City Council didn’t
Race Reviewed by Julian Bond Vol. 14, No. 3, 1992, pp. 26-27 Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal , by Andrew Hacker (Charles Scribners’ Sons, New York, 1992, xiii, 257 pages)Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel
Incidental Ambassadors Reviewed by Linda Blackford Vol. 14, No. 3, 1992, pp. 28-29 An Education in Georgia , by Calvin Trillin, Foreword by Charlayne Hunter Gault (University of Georgia Press, 1991, 180 pages) If prevailing wisdom is correct, the events
Demanding Change Reviewed by Cecily McMillan Vol. 14, No. 3, 1992, pp. 29-32 Praying for Sheetrock , Melissa Fay Greene (Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1991, 416 pages). There have been, over the years, more young white liberals than can ever be
Old Truths Reviewed by Tony Dunbar Vol. 14, No. 3, 1992, pp. 32-33 The Measure of Our Success, A Letter to My Children and Yours, Marian Wright Edelman (Beacon Press, 97 Pages) You need to know a little bit about
New Georgia Reviewed by Calvin Kytle Vol. 14, No. 3, 1992, pp. 33-35 The Politics of Change in Georgia: A Political Biography of Ellis Arnall , by Harold Paulk Henderson (University of Georgia Press, Illustrated, 1991, 345 pages) When World