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New Century Politics By Wendy S. Johnson Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 3-4 The social activism of the 1960s gave us some of the most powerful and ground-breaking legislation of the last century–legislation that embraced the themes of freedom,
Soft Money Showered on the States: Redistricting and Election 2000 By Edwin Bender Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 4-5 Early in the 2000 election cycle, as the presidential candidates began their campaigns in earnest, the Tennessee Republican State Executive
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The FlimFlam Campaign: Corporations Buy the Conventions By Jim Hightower Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 6-7 Ready or not, heeeeere they come. [music: Happy days are here again] The Republican and Democratic national conventions have come to town! You’ve
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Young Voters Flee the Polls Staff Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 8-9 If nonvoters constituted a political party in America today, far and away more citizens would belong to it than to all other political parties combined-and that party
Election 2000 Across the South By Sarah E. Torian Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 10-13 Across the South, affirmative action, felony disfranchisement, the environment, and public education hang in the balance as states elect new governors, legislators, congresspeople, and
The 2000 Elections and Voting Rights Act Renewal By Ellen Spears Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 14-15 Alarmist email messages surfaced in the late 1990s claiming that “African-Americans will lose their right to vote in 2007.” While the 110th
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Teaching “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” in South Carolina Schools By Diane Raschke Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 p. 16 On June 14-15, SRC consultant and former education programs director Marcia Klenbort conducted an in-depth workshop for teachers from across
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REVIEWS: An Essential Toughness Reviewed by John Dittmer Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 17-18 Andrew M. Manis, A Fire You Can’t Put Out: The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham’s Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. 1999.
Civil Rights Unionism Reviewed by Leslie Marie Harris Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 18-19 Michael Keith Honey, Black Workers Remember: An Oral History of Segregation, Unionism, and the Freedom Struggle, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Mention Memphis, labor,
Film/Television: Lost Highways Reviewed by Allen Tullos Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 20-22 “George Wallace: Settin’ the Woods on Fire,” a film in The American Experience series for the Public Broadcasting Service. Produced and directed by Daniel McCabe and