The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
The Engaged Observer Rob Amberg and Earl Dotter Vol. 17, No. 2, 1995 pp. 4-13 Editor’s note: In the following pages Southern Changes features the work of two excellent and widely recognized contemporary social photographers–Rob Amberg and Earl Dotter–accompanied by
Anne Romaine By Gene Guerrero Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 pp. 15-17 On October 25, Anne Romaine died in Gastonia, North Carolina of complications from a burst appendix. She died about a week before she would have turned 53. Anne
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
The Making of Will The Circle Be Unbroken?: Beyond the Printed Word Staff Vol. 19, No. 1, 1997 pp. 22-26 When Black Belt Press publisher Randall Williams suggested in 1978 that the Southern Regional Council publish a guidebook to civil
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South Carolina Denies “UPRISING” By Reginald Stuart Vol. 19, No. 3-4, 1997 pp. 33-35 For years, public television stations across the country have been expanding our grasp of the past by airing countless documentaries that trace our rich and complex
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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Listeners Respond to Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Introduction by Barry E. Lee Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 26-28 “Without a doubt, this was the most impressive radio program I’ve ever heard,” writes a listener from Fort Myers, Florida,
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Reversal of Policy: SCETV Shows “The Uprising of ’34” By Tom Terrill In a reversal of its 1995 decision, South Carolina Educational Television finally aired the award-winning film, “The Uprising of ’34” on June 2. During a pre-recorded panel discussions
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From New Orleans to Your Radio–It’s American Routes Allen Tullos Vol. 20, No. 4, 1998 pp. 16-22 In April of 1998 American Routes, a weekly, two-hour radio show featuring genre-busting sets of recorded music and original interviews went on the
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