The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Affirmative Action Foes: Chasing the Initiative By Amy Wood Vol. 21, No. 2, 1999, pp. 3-9 Ward Connerly and his deceptively-named American Civil Rights Coalition are on a mission to overturn affirmative action one state at a time. After successful
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My University Under Attack: The Anti-Affirmative Action Brigade Comes to Virginia By Paul Gaston Vol. 21, No. 2, 1999, pp. 10-11 You never quite know how strongly you will feel about a great public issue until it shows up in
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Reviewing The Test of Our Progress: The Clinton Record on Civil Rights: A Summary of the Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights Report By Barry E. Lee Vol. 21, No. 2, 1999, pp. 12-18 Thirty-one years since the Kerner Commission observed
Congressional Redistricting in North Carolina–Will It Never End? By Laughlin McDonald Vol. 21, No. 2, 1999, pp. 18-19 For the third time in six years, the U. S. Supreme Court has wrestled with the issue of whether North Carolina’s congressional
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Seeing Appalachian Cities By Emily Satterwhite Vol. 21, No. 2, 1999, pp. 20-22 Since at least the turn of the nineteenth century, the people of the Appalachian mountains have been stereotyped as backward, backwoods hillbillies. In popular culture, Appalachia uniformly
REVIEWS Reviewed by Pat Wehner Vol. 21, No. 2, 1999, pp. 23-24 William Leach, Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life, New York: Pantheon Books, 1999. In recent months, the phrase “common ground” has assumed an unusually
Bridging the Gap Reviewed by Vicki L. Crawford Vol. 21, No. 2, 1999 pp. 25-26 Belinda Robnett, How Long? How Long? African-American Women in the Sturggle for Covol Rights. New York: Oxford, 1997 As the body of writing about women
Mississippi, Chillin’ Reviewed by Allen Tullos Vol. 21, No. 2, 1999, pp. 27-28 Cookie’s Fortune. Directed by Robert Altman. Screenplay by Anne Rapp. Director of Photography Toyomichi Kurita. Music by David Stewart. October Films. “Pride and Pretense are the jockeys
“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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