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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
The Unquiet Stereotype By Denise Giardina Vol. 15, No. 2, 1993, pp. 6-10 These remarks were given by Denise Giardina in accepting the 1992 Lillian Smith Book Award for Fiction for her novel, The Unquiet Earth. I am going to
Save Our Cumberland Mountains—The Courage to Work for Justice By Connie White Vol. 15, No. 2, 1993, pp. 11-15 The following essay on the work and vision of SOCM (Save Our Cumberland Mountains) was presented as a talk to the
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Chanting and Other Matters Queer By Aaron Taub Vol. 15, No. 2, 1993, pp. 16-19 This critical essay was prompted by the specific chants and events of an October 31, 1992 demonstration organized by Queer Nation/Atlanta, participated in by other
The Most Hated Man in Alabama Reviewed by John Egerton Vol. 15, No. 2, 1993, pp. 20-22 Taming the Storm: The Life and Times of Frank M. Johnson, Jr., and the South’s Fight over Civil Rights, by Jack Bass (Doubleday,
Blood On Our Hands Reviewed by Stetson Kennedy Vol. 15, No. 2, 1993, pp. 22-24 Terror in the Night, by Jack Nelson (Simon & Schuster, 1993, 287 pages). What Stalingrad was to World War II, Mississippi was to the Overcoming;