The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Women in the Rural South: Toward Economic Equity By Leslie Lilly Vol. 8, No. 2, 1986, pp. 5, 8-11 There is a sense of place and time about the South that distorts even as it amplifies its outward character to
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Black Women’s Economic Development Project By Carolyn Caver Vol. 9, No. 2, 1987, pp. 15-16 One black woman is having trouble naming her business; another walks past ten other black women to get a black man’s opinion; musing aloud, another
Coalition-Building for a New Labor Climate By Kenny Johnson Vol. 9, No. 3, 1987, pp. 8-9 The release last fall of the Southern Labor Institute’s report, The Climate For Workers in the United States, marked the first comprehensive look at
Rural Advancement Fund Celebrates 50 Years of Farm Advocacy By Robert Amberg Vol. 9, No. 5, 1987, pp. 11-15 This year the Rural Advancement Fund/National Sharecroppers Fund celebrates its fiftieth anniversary as an advocate for family farms and rural communities.
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A 1988 Report from the Southern Regional Council By Staff Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 14-15 EDITORS’NOTE: The following material is excerpted from the 1988 Annual Report of the Southern Regional Council. The report outlines past and present activities
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Looking Back . . . SRC and the Nation By Staff Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, p. 15 In 1919 the Commission on Interracial Cooperation was started. Thirty-five years later the Commission was reorganized as the Southern Regional Council. Over
Initiatives in Southern Education By Staff Vol. 10, No. 6, 1988, pp. 15-18 After almost a decade of reform, education in America remains a significant state and national issue. The United States Department of Education now releases a yearly report
The South Gets Its Own Network By Gwendolyn Glenn Vol. 13, No. 2, 1991, p. 11 A new radio network has been established in Atlanta, Ga., to produce and syndicate documentary programs on the South. These programs will air nationally,
The Southern Regional Council and the Roots of Rural Change By Steve Suitts Vol. 13, No. 3, 1991, pp. 5-12 Since the creation of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation–the Southern Regional Council’s parent organization–in 1919, the SRC has been guided
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Rural Poverty and Rural Development By Barbara Ellen Smith Vol. 13, No. 2, 1991, pp. 14-17 I belong to a generation that never experienced the frightening, pervasive poverty of the Great Depression. I grew up in an urban area believing