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Changing the Politics of Bitterness By Vernon Jordan Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, p. 3 The year 1980 was when we saw the growth of politicized religion—a heady mixture of fundamentalist gospel with extreme right wing political ideology. It converts
1981 Alabama and Georgia Legislatures: Revenue and Spending Top Priorities By Clint Deveaux Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, pp. 4-5 Lawmakers in Alabama generally agreed with legislative activists in their state on the issues likely to be key during the
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New Project To Assist Officials Staff Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, p. 5 State legislators in Alabama and Georgia are often frustrated by the lack of support services. House members in the two states have only their desks on the
A Defeated Herman Talmadge and the Black Vote By Betty Norwood Chaney and Steve Suitts Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, pp. 6-8, 22-23 Because no one before or since his death is remembered by Blacks with as much reverence as
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Southern Republicans for a Change By Steve Suitts Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, pp. 10-13 As deeply conservative Republican candidates began to celebrate their victories to the local bands’ tunes of “When the Saints Come Marching In” and “Dixie” late
Conservative Republicans Take Washington Seats By Staff Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, p. 14 Nine of the more than thirty new Republican seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will come from the South as a result of the November
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South Carolina Senate Remains Totally White By Mary Frances Derfner Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, pp. 14-15, 22 “It’s about time we elected a Black State Senator,” declared the posters and the handouts on the street. Many South Carolinians, both
Black/White Voting in the South Staff Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, p. 15 Early precinct returns from across the South show that Blacks went to the polls in record numbers on November 4 to give Jimmy Carter 80-90 percent of
Woodcutters Organize: Echoes of Change in the South’s Backwoods By Wayne Greenhaw Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, pp. 16-19, 22 The tall huskily-built Black man opened his mouth and let his baritone voice ring out through the small plain rectangular
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Blacks Elected in Wilcox County By Randall Williams Vol. 3, No. 1, 1980, pp. 20-21, 22 For Larry Threadgill, whose family has been active in civil rights organizing and Black politics here since the early 1960’s, things are looking up.