The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Voting Rights Assault: Heard This Song Before By The Rev. Joseph Lowery Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 pp. 8-10 In 1964, following the passage of the Public Accommodations Act, I was among a delegation that went with Martin King to
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Black Southern Churches Under Fire By Barry E. Lee Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 pp. 11-13 Historically, the church has been the “soul of the black community,” says the Reverend Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Since
BOOKS: Freedom’s Light Reviewed by Jacqueline Rouse Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 pp. 15-16 I’ve Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle by Charles M. Payne (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995, 525 pages).
Anthologizing Appalachia Reviewed by Tal Stanley Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 pp. 17-18 Appalachia Inside Out. Volume I: Conflict and Change; Volume II: Culture and Custom. Edited by Robert J. Higgs, Ambrose N. Manning, and Jim Wayne Miller. (Knoxville: University
Available Light Reviewed by Rob Amberg Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 pp. 18-20 ‘Deaf Maggie Lee Sayre’–Photographs of a River Life by Maggie Lee Sayre; edited by Tom Rankin (University of Mississippi Press, 1995, 84 pages). One of my abiding
Ruin and Redemption Reviewed by John Egerton Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 pp. 20-21 Like Judgment Day: The Ruin and Redemption of a Town Called Rosewood by Michael D’Orso (Grosset-Putnam, 1996, 373 pages). What happened in the backwoods village of
The Disposable Olympics Meets the City of Hype By Preston Quesenberry Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 3-14 Not since the height of the Civil Rights movement have the Southern states, and Atlanta in particular, received as much extended media
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Assessing the Olympic Legacy By Charles Rutheiser Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 16-19 Compared to the massive displacements that accompanied the Olympics in Seoul (1988) and Barcelona (1992) , the demolitions and removals occasioned by the 1996 Centennial Games
Organized Labor and the Olympics By Stewart Acuff Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 19-20 On September 18, 1992 the Olympic Flag arrived in Atlanta from Barcelona, Spain signifying the transfer of the Olympic Movement, the Olympic Spirit, and the
Passing the Torch, Torching the Past By Barry E. Lee Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 21-22 Known as many things since its founding in 1837–a city resurrected from the ashes of the Civil War to lead the South in