Health and the Poverty Line
Health and the Poverty Line By Allen Tullos Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 1-3 “The curse of poverty,” wrote Martin King in 1967, “has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice
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Sandinistas and Mountaineers: Cultural Politics in Appalachia and Nicaragua
Sandinistas and Mountaineers: Cultural Politics in Appalachia and Nicaragua By David E. Whisnant Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 4-15 The story I begin with will be familiar to you: the government needed both revenue and a way to exert
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Life in the Fortress: An Interview with Mary Edwards Wertsch
Life in the Fortress: An Interview with Mary Edwards Wertsch By Ellen Spears Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 16-20 Ellen Spears: What makes Military Brats so powerful at its core is your own experience as a military daughter. Speaking
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Pax Coca-Cola
Pax Coca-Cola By Rodger Brown Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 21-26 I grew up on Coke, so when they built the World of Coca-Cola in 1990, I knew that sooner or later I had to pay a visit. It
Using the Dilemma: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. The Political Biography of an American Dilemma, by Charles V. Hamilton (Atheneum, Illustrated, 1991, x, 545 pages).
Using the Dilemma: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. The Political Biography of an American Dilemma, by Charles V. Hamilton (Atheneum, Illustrated, 1991, x, 545 pages). Reviewed by Leslie Dunbar Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 27-29 To an unusually bright and
Odyssey of a Southern Radical
Odyssey of a Southern Radical Reviewed by John Egerton Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 29-30 James A. Dombrowski: An American Heretic, 1897-1983, Frank T. Adams (University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, 1992, 377 pages). It’s the American Dream in another
Multum in Parvo
Multum in Parvo Reviewed by W.W. Finlator Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 30-32 Providence, Will D. Campbell (Longstreet Press, Atlanta, 1992, 292 pages) Providence opens with a visit in 1955 by the Rev. Will D. Campbell and Professor McLeod
Nobody’s Gonna Turn Me Round
Nobody’s Gonna Turn Me Round Reviewed by Michael Cooper Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 32-33 Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round: The Pursuit of Racial Justice in the Rural South (Richard A. Couto, Temple University Press, 1991, 348
A Call to Assembly
A Call to Assembly Reviewed by Eugene Current-Garcia Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 33-34 The Autobiography of a Musical Storyteller (Willie Ruff, New York: Viking, 1991. xvi, 385 pages, Black and White Photographs). “You see, baby,” he said as