The Cold Hard Truth
The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 13, No. 3, 1991, pp. 32, 31 I have been looking quietly at the Selma school system and the Selma school board. Selma is where I live, but I expect it’s
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Empowerment and Democratic Education
Empowerment and Democratic Education By Irma Gonzalez Vol. 13, No. 4, 1991, pp. 3-6 IN THE LAST DECADE, empowerment has surfaced as an important theme in the women’s movement, community organizing and the progressive movement for peace and social justice.
Bloodlines: A Case Study of Educational Empowerment
Bloodlines: A Case Study of Educational Empowerment By Jay MacLeod Vol. 13, No. 4, 1991, pp. 7-9 THE RURAL ORGANIZING AND CULTURAL CENTER (ROCC) is a county-wide membership organization serving Holmes County, Miss., one of the nation’s poorest counties. Through
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Communities and Education
Communities and Education By Steve Suitts Vol. 13, No. 4, 1991, pp. 9-11 Virtually every report on public education in the last half-decade has worried about one central, demographic projection: in the face of growing poverty, racial minorities–the least educated,
Selma: What Has Changed?
Selma: What Has Changed? By Christina Matthews Vol. 13, No. 4, 1991, pp. 12-15 More than two decades after the civil rights movement came to Selma. Ala, the public school system there remains segregated. Schools in Selma, like many schools
Focus on School Desegregation: Is the Past Repeating?
Focus on School Desegregation: Is the Past Repeating? By Staff Vol. 13, No. 4, 1991, pp. 17-19 Introduction Perhaps the most important school desegregation case since Brown v. Board of Education was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court Oct 7,
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The Poor You Have With You
The Poor You Have With You Reviewed by Leslie Dunbar Vol. 13, No. 4, 1991 The Truly Disadvantaged, by William Julius Wilson. (University of Chicago Press, 1987. xi. 254 pp.).The Closing Door, by Gary Orfield and Carole Ashkinaze, with a
The Ignorance of the Learned.
The Ignorance of the Learned. Reviewed by Charles J. Bussey Vol. 13, No. 4, 1991, pp. 25-26 Making Haste Slowly: The Troubled History of Higher Education in Mississippi by David G. Sansing. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1990, xii, 309
Portrait of Its People
Portrait of Its People Reviewed by John Griffin Vol. 13, No. 4, 1991, pp. 26-27 Living Atlanta: An Oral History of the City, 1914-1948, by Clifford M. Kuhn, Harlon E. Joye, and E. Bernard West (Athens: University of Georgia Press,
Tell About the South
Tell About the South Reviewed by Idris Knox Vol. 13, No. 4, 1991, pp. 27-28 The Southern Writer in the Post-Modern World, by Fred Hobson. (University of Georgia Press, 1991, $17.95.). Fred Hobson’s book is full of ideas and examples