Cross Purposes
Cross Purposes Review Essay by Vivian May Vol. 16, No. 2, 1994, pp. 13-17 “There came to me, in answer to prayer, a reward for my sufferings, the perfect maid. She is well trained, as good a cook as I,
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Unfinished Tasks
Unfinished Tasks By Harry Ashmore Vol. 16, No. 2, 1994, pp. 20-23, 31 If American society is divided by horizontal class lines, there is also a vertical division based on race that begins at the point where the affluent are
Unreconciled Southerners
Unreconciled Southerners Reviewed by Leslie Dunbar Vol. 16, No. 2, 1994, pp. 24-26 A Southern Life, Letters of Paul Green, 1916-1981, edited by Laurence G. Avery (University of North Carolina Press, 1994, 735 pages). I confess that I often feel
Sisters of Another Era
Sisters of Another Era Reviewed by Joanne Grant Vol. 16, No. 2, 1994, pp. 26-27 Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years, by Sarah and A. Elizabeth Delany; with Amy Hill Hearth (Kodansha, 1994, 210 pages). Having Our
What Mama Had to Say
What Mama Had to Say Reviewed by Alice Lovelace Vol. 16, No. 2, 1994, pp. 27-28 Pushed Back to Strength: A Black Woman’s Journey Home, by Gloria Wade-Gayles (Beacon Press, 1993, 256 pages). In these days of “Def Comedy Jam”
Spirit and Velocity
Spirit and Velocity Reviewed by Barry E. Lee Vol. 16, No. 2, 1994, pp. 28-31 Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi, by John Dittmer (University of Illinois Press, 1994, 530 pages). John Dittmer’s Local People: The Struggle
Homegrown Progressives
Homegrown Progressives By John Egerton Vol. 16, No. 3, 1994, pp. 1, 4-17 Of all the South’s home-grown efforts to tackle regional social problems arising from the depression and the war, none were more extensive and substantial than those of
In Birmingham, a Hearing on Human Rights
In Birmingham, a Hearing on Human Rights By Anne Braden Vol. 16, No. 3, 1994, p. 19 Charlotte Keys, who leads a fight against poisoning from an abandoned industrial site in Columbia, Mississippi, said the “American dream has become a
Filming ‘The Uprising of ’34’
Filming ‘The Uprising of ’34’ By George Stoney Vol. 16, No. 3, 1994, pp. 20-24 Social class is something few Southerners are comfortable talking about, though it preoccupies us more than we’d like to admit. For the last five years,
Bearing Witness
Bearing Witness Reviewed by Jewell Handy Gresham Vol. 16, No. 3, 1994, pp. 25-28 Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Trailblazers and Torchbearers, 1942-1965, by Vicki L. Crawford, Jacqueline Anne Rouse, and Barbara Woods (Indiana University Press, 1993). The papers