The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
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 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 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 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 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
‘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).