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Seeing Beyond Race Reviewed by Shirley Jackson Vol. 20, No. 1, 1998 pp. 29-30 Ellis Cose, Color-Blind: Seeing Beyond Race in a Race-Obsessed World, New York: HarperCollins, 1997 Ellis Cose, a contributing editor for Newsweek, and author of The Rage
Affirmative Action Booklist Barry E. Lee and Amy Wood Vol. 20, No. 1, 1998 pp. 31-33 Affirmative Action Booklist Here is a partial annotated list of books on affirmative action, pro and con, published since 1996, compiled by Barry E.
Harry Ashmore (1916 -1998) Staff Vol. 20, No. 1, 1998 p. 34 “So we stand: tied to the past and clutching at the stars!” Harry Ashmore closed his acceptance speech as recipient of the 1982 Lillian Smith Book Award with
Rethinking Race and Poverty in the Global South By Barbara Ellen Smith Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 3-4 The borders of the South are collapsing. The forces of globalization are reconfiguring demographics, workplaces, and-not just in Miami or Atlanta,
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One in Three Poor Children in America Lives in the South Children’s Defense Fund Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 5-9 Memphis, Tennessee – Despite a booming national economy and budget surpluses in fifteen Southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
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Corridor of Change: Rob Amberg Photographs the Coming of I-26 Samuel Gray Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 10-13 In 1994, the state of North Carolina began construction of a seven-mile section of road in northeastern Madison County, North Carolina,
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Colorblind Injustice: Overcoming Shaw By J. Morgan Kousser Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 14-16, 22 Students in history classes often confuse memorable events with important causes. Even those born long after the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march tend to make it
Voting Rights On Trial Again in Alabama By Anne Braden Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 17-18 Connie Tyree is a thirty-six-year-old single mother and grandmother in Greene County, Alabama, who cares for three children and is a volunteer community
Grand Opening: The Mississippi Sovereignty Commission By Bill Minor Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 20-22 Mississippi recently had a Grand Opening. The grand opening of what? The old state Sovereignty Commission files, of course. Many in the news profession
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Walking the Walk Reviewed by David J. Garrow Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 23-25 John Lewis with Michael D’Orso, Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. David Halberstam, The Children, New