The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
The Long Haul Wendy Johnson Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 pp. 1-2 A federal court lawsuit filed November 17 challenges the constitutionality of yet another congressional election district. The newest challenge, to U.S. Representative Robert Scott’s Virginia district, represents the
The Latest Attack on Voting Rights By Alex Willingham Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 pp. 3-5, 13 In the past two years, decisions by the U. S. Supreme Court have voided congressional election systems in Georgia and threatened those in
A Democracy To Be Proud Of By Cynthia A. McKinney Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 pp. 6-7 One positive development to come out of the Supreme Court’s narrow five to four decision striking down majority-minority districts is the broader discussion
The Supreme Court and Voting Rights: `Bizarre’ Districts or Bizarre Decisions? By Pamela S. Karlan Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 pp. 8-13 Last term, the Supreme Court took action in five voting rights cases: it struck down Georgia’s majority-black Eleventh
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Charles G. Gomillion By Robert J. Norrell Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 pp. 14-15 A few weeks ago I lost my hero–Charles Goode Gomillion, a 95-year-old man of whom relatively few people will have heard. But for me he embodied
Anne Romaine By Gene Guerrero Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 pp. 15-17 On October 25, Anne Romaine died in Gastonia, North Carolina of complications from a burst appendix. She died about a week before she would have turned 53. Anne
The Light of Freedom Remarks by Charles M. Payne Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 pp. 19-20 Editor’s note: The following essay is an edited version of Professor Payne’s remarks at the Lillian Smith Book Awards luncheon held in Atlanta on
Meet Wendy S. Johnson, SRC’s New Executive Director Staff Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 p. 21 Wendy S. Johnson, former executive director of the Appalachian Community Fund, comes to the Southern Regional Council with a record of fifteen years leading
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BOOKS: Shining in Sunflower Reviewed by Casey Hayden Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 pp. 22-23 Silver Rights by Constance Curry (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995, 258 pages). In the dialect of local black Mississippians in the Freedom Movement of
Rendering Wallace Reviewed by Steve Suitts Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 pp. 24-27 The Politics of Rage: George Wallace and the Transformation of American Politics, by Dan T. Carter (Simon and Schuster, 1995, 572 pages). Beginning in Clio, Alabama (evoking