The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Monopoly Politics, Southern-Style By Rob Richie Vol. 20, No. 3, 1998 pp. 23-24 Just who decides legislative elections in the United States? The voters cast ballots, but most Americans, most of the time, experience “no choice” legislative elections. They live
Sampling the 2000 Census By Sarah E. Torian Vol. 20, No. 3, 1998 pp. 24-25 In the upcoming months the Supreme Court will be making an important decision that will affect what has been termed the “most important civil rights
Criminal Disfranchisement Laws By Earl Shinhoster Vol. 20, No. 3, 1998 pp. 26-27 Criminal disfranchishment laws-the denial of the vote to citizens convicted of crimes-have lasted over a century and have continued to deny and dilute black voting strength long
Dred Scott’s Unwon Freedom: The Redistricting Cases as Badges of Slavery By James U. Blacksher Vol. 20, No. 3, 1998 pp. 28-30 In a half dozen cases decided over the last three terms, beginning with Shaw v. Reno (1993) and,
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BOOKS: The Culture of Whiteness Reviewed by Ted Ownby Vol. 20, No. 3, 1998 pp. 31-32 Grace Elizabeth Hale, Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940, New York: Pantheon Books, 1998. In the past few years, historians
The Origins of Inequality Reviewed by Winnett Hagens Vol. 20, No. 3, 1998 pp. 32-33 Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout, Martin Sanchez Jankowski, Samuel R. Lucas, Ann Swindler, and Kim Voss, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, Inequality by
Back to Birmingham By John Egerton Vol. 20, No. 4, 1998 pp. 3-7 On November 14-16, 1998, more than four-hundred Southerners convened in Birmingham, Alabama, on the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the Southern Conference on Human Welfare to
Seeking an America as Good as its Promise: Remedies for Racial Inequality: The Public’s Views John Doble Research Associates Vol. 20, No. 4, 1998 pp. 8-10 In September of 1996, the John Doble Research Associates conducted a national survey of
The Newtown Story: One Community’s Fight for Environmental Justice By Ellen Griffith Spears; Photos by Michael A. Schwarz Vol. 20, No. 4, 1998 pp. 12-15 The following excerpt is from The Newtown Story: One Community’s Fight for Environmental Justice, written
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From New Orleans to Your Radio–It’s American Routes Allen Tullos Vol. 20, No. 4, 1998 pp. 16-22 In April of 1998 American Routes, a weekly, two-hour radio show featuring genre-busting sets of recorded music and original interviews went on the
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