The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
‘Freedom Buses’ Roll Along Cancer Alley By Ellen Spears Vol. 15, No. 1, 1993, pp. 1-11 On the weekend of December 4-6, 1992, more than 2,000 activists from around the South and the nation joined in an unprecedented gathering in
Anne Braden: Southern Activist By Steve Suitts Vol. 15, No. 1, 1993, pp. 13-14 FOR OVER FORTY-FIVE YEARS, almost as long as the Southern Regional Council has existed, Anne Braden has stood for a South that embodies the very best
Remembering Harold and Marge By Leslie Dunbar Vol. 15, No. 1, 1993, pp. 17-18 At the Atlanta/Fulton County Public Library November 19, 1992, Harold Fleming, former director of the Southern Regional Council, and Marge Manderson, long-time program officer, researcher, and
State of Change? Reviewed by Cecily McMillan Vol. 15, No. 1, 1993, pp. 22-23 South Carolina in the Modern Age, by Walter Edgar (University of South Carolina Press, 1991, 171 pages). The shaggy outlines of political coalitions and the ways
Extraordinary Actions Reviewed by Suzanne Marshall Vol. 15, No. 1, 1993, pp. 24-25 Refuse to Stand Silently By: An Oral History of Grass Roots Social Activism in America, 1921-1964 , Eliot Wigginton, ed. (New York: Doubleday, 1991, 430 pages, index).
Irreconcilable Priorities Reviewed by Thomas V. O’Brien Vol. 15, No. 1, 1993, pp. 25-27 Black Scholar: Horace Mann Bond, 1904-1972, by Wayne J. Urban (University of Georgia Press, 1992, xii, 266 pages, photographs). Wayne J. Urban’s Black Scholar is a
The FBI’s Judicial Agenda Reviewed by Cindy Adcock-Steffey Vol. 15, No. 1, 1993, pp. 27-28 Cloak and Gavel: FBI Wiretaps, Bugs, Informers and the Supreme Court, by Alexander Charns (University of Illinois Press, 1992, xviii, 206 pages). In Cloak and
A Journalist’s Education Reviewed by Linda Blackford Vol. 15, No. 1, 1993, pp. 29-30 In Our Place, by Charlayne Hunter-Gault (Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1992, 257 pages). “We were simply doing what we were born to do.” With this statement, journalist
Cross-Examining America Reviewed by Leslie Dunbar Vol. 15, No. 1, 1993, pp. 30-31 Declarations of Independence, by Howard Zinn (Harper-Collins, 1990, 341 pages). The Disunity of America. Reflections on a Multicultural Society, by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. (W. W. Norton, 1992,
Raveled Care By Allen Tullos Vol. 15, No. 2, 1993, pp. 1-4 If modern American presidents are known by the companies that keep them, this summer we are witnessing a shift from the era of military-industrial presidencies to those in