The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Title I Reauthorization: Renew Federal Support to Under-Resourced Schools By Dianne Piché Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 pp. 24-26 When Congress takes up the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) later this year, the stakes will be
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Standards Reform: Focus on Learning for All By M. Hayes Mizell Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 pp. 27-28 During the past two decades, the South has emerged as the star graduate of the nation’s remediation class. It ended up there
Completing the Circle, Part II Staff Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 pp. 29-30 “How can I get a copy of that wonderful civil rights documentary series produced by the Southern Regional Council that I heard on public radio?” The most
“Grace and Guts” Virginia Foster Durr 1903-1999 H. Randall Williams Vol. 21, No. 1, 1999 p. 35 SRC Life Fellow Virginia Durr-born August 6, 1903- died February 24, 1999, in her sleep in a nursing home in Pennsylvania. She was
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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