The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Remembering Another Atlanta: Gate City By Julian Bond Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 22-24 “South–that part of the United States south of Mason’s and Dixon’s line, the Ohio River, and the southern boundaries of Missouri and Kansas.” (Webster’s New
Contours of the Color Line Reviewed by Cliff Kuhn Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 26-27 Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: The Saga of Two Families and the Making of Atlanta by Gary M. Pomerantz. (Scribner’s, 1996, 550 pages). Race
A Modest Remedy Reviewed by Ellen Spears Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 27-29 In Defense of Affirmative Action, by Barbara R. Bergmann (New Republic/Basic Books, 1996, 213 pages). “Before we gave up on integration, we should have tried it,”
Tilling the Ground for Change Reviewed by Matthew Lassiter Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era, by Patricia Sullivan (University of North Carolina Press, 1996, 335 pages). The travails of Southern
A Question of Power: Race and Democracy in Rural Electric Co-ops By Henry Leifermann with Pat Wehner Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 3-15 Throughout rural America, few institutions are as powerful, economically significant, and effectively unregulated as electric and
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Massive Electrical Resistance: The Struggle for Democracy at Mecklenburg Co-op By Henry Leifermann and Preston Quesenberry Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 16-17 For well over a decade, Cora Tucker, a civil rights activist and founder of the grassroots organization
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A Different Type of Development Henry Liefermann and Preston Quesenberry –H.L. AND P.Q. Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 19-21 It took a coalition of whites and blacks to win the only election victory at a local utility co-op during
Private Interest Law: The Case Against Delta EPA Preston Quesenberry Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 22-23 Challenging an institution as tricky to define in legal terms as a rural electric cooperative can prove a difficult task. An unsuccessful lawsuit
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Deregulation: “Wheeling” Over Rural Customers Preston Quesenberry Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 24-26 The proposed deregulation of electric utilities is emerging as yet another obstacle to rural electric cooperatives becoming a progressive force in their communities. Currently, electric co-ops
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Undemocratic at Heart: Transforming the South’s Utility Coops Steve Suitts Vol. 18, No. 3-4, 1996 pp. 27-29 The enduring, pivotal significance of the utility co-op movement is demonstrated by the simple, historical fact that never has there been another economic
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