The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Ominous Crime Bill By Gene Guerrero Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, pp. 1-6 Congress is about to pass yet another massive, omnibus crime bill—the most expensive and possibly the most destructive ever. Like its predecessors, this crime bill was primarily
Guilty as Charged By Elaine Davenport Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, pp. 8-11 In closing arguments at the January 27-February 5 trial of Byron de la Beckwith for the 1963 murder of Medgar Evers, Hinds County, Mississippi Assistant District Attorney
The Six New Witnesses By Elaine Davenport Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, pp. 10-11 Highlights from the testimony of the six new witnesses in the Byron de la Beckwith trial, in the order in which they appeared before the court:
Rosewood Massacre Survivors Win By Ellen Spears Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, p. 12 Descendants of the black residents of Rosewood, Florida and survivors of the massacre that left at least eight dead and destroyed the town more than seventy
What Will We Do With the Homeless? By Ed Snodderly Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, pp. 14-15 ED SNODDERLY: Joyce Brookshire is a songwriter and singer whose family comes from north Georgia. Joyce started writing songs when she was ten
Whitewash Reviewed by Robert J. Norrell Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, pp. 18-20 George Wallace: American Populist, by Stephan Lesher (Addison Wesley, 1994, 587 pages). “Watch out for George Wallace,” warned Wayne Greenhaw, an Alabama journalist, in his 1976 expose
A Lottery for the Poor Reviewed by John Cole Vodicka Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, pp. 20-21 Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States, by Sister Helen Prejean (Random House, 1993, 278 pages).
New York Lite Reviewed by Michael Cooper Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, pp. 22-23 New York Daysby Willie Morris (Little, Brown and Company, 1993, 396 pages). Willie Morris’s New York Days, his thirteenth book, is fun to read because the
Looking for the Morning Reviewed by Marcia Klenbort Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, pp. 23-25 Man and Mission, E.B. Gaston and the origins of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony, by Paul Mershon Gaston (Black Belt Press, 1993, 161 pages). The
Bottom Rails Reviewed by Rebecca Sharpless Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, pp. 25-27 The Origins of Southern Sharecropping, by Edward Royce (Temple University Press, 1993, 279 pages). Statistics on the South today are as bleak as ever: the highest poverty