A Right to Be There
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
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Race
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
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
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
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
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
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
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