The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
“My Mind Stayed on Freedom” Mae Bertha Carter, 1903-1999 By Connie Curry Vol. 21, No. 2, 1999, pp. 29-30 Down the aisle they came. They were her thirteen children and their spouses, thirty-six grandchildren and spouses, thirty-five great grandchildren, godchildren,
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Deadly Cuts: Grady Hospital and the National Health Care Crisis By Murphy Davis Vol. 21, No. 3, 1999 pp. 3-5 The county commissioner looked perplexed. “You understand, don’t you, that we’re the bottom of the food chain here. You’re coming
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Teaching the Movement: “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” Now Available with a Curriculum Guide Staff Vol. 21, No. 3, 1999 pp. 6-7 How many high school history courses fail to get past World War II to cover the Civil Rights
Covering Race: A Deep White Sleep By Loren Ghiglione Vol. 21, No. 3, 1999 pp. 8-9 Can three voices from the past help us improve press coverage of race? Recall the messages of three Americans: Harry Golden, Robert Maynard, and
Which Came First, the Statue or the Oppression? By James W. Loewen Vol. 21, No. 3, 1999 pp. 10, 27 Below is an excerpt from James Loewen’s most recent book, Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites and Monuments Get
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Title I in Alabama: The Struggle to Meet Basic Needs Citizen’s Commission on Civil Rights Vol. 21, No. 3, 1999 pp. 12-15 The Citizens’ Commission for Civil Rights, a nonpartisan organization founded in 1982 to monitor Federal civil rights policies
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Lillian Smith: A Struggle for Wholeness Staff Vol. 21, No. 3, 1999 pp. 16-18 Internationally acclaimed as author of the controversial novel, Strange Fruit (1944), Lillian Smith was the most liberal and outspoken of white mid-twentieth century Southern writers on
BOOKS Contingent Lives Reviewed by Terry Easton Vol. 21, No. 3, 1999 pp. 19-21 Rebecca Sharpless, Fertile Ground, Narrow Choices: Women on Texas Cotton Farms, 1900-1940, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999 ; Neil Foley, The White Scourge:
Mama Dip’s Kitchen By Mildred Council Vol. 21, No. 3, 1999 pp. 22-24 For nearly twenty-five years, Mildred Council-better known as Mama Dip–has nourished folks in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Her restaurant, Mama Dip’s Kitchen, is a much-loved community institution
In Memorium: Pat Watters (1927-1999) By John Egerton Vol. 21, No. 3, 1999 p. 25 Journalist and author Pat Watters, SRC’s director of information from 1963 to 1975, died in Abbeville, Louisiana, on August 3 after a long struggle with