The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Locking Up Liberty in the Atlanta Pen By Joe Dolman Vol. 8, No. 6, 1986, pp. 3-5 The granite fortress occupies the ridge on McDonough Boulevard with imperial authority. Its gray steel and concrete outer wall stands as tall as
Behind the Numbers on Black Crime By Gregg Barak Vol. 8, No. 6, 1986, pp. 8-9 According to FBI figures for 1985, the four largest cities in Alabama–Birmingham, Mobile, Huntsville, and Montgomery–all registered increases in their crime rates that exceeded
The Color of Death By David Bruck Vol. 9, No. 2, 1987, pp. 1-3 According to the headlines, the Supreme Court’s McCleskey decision last month on race discrimination and the death penalty was a disastrous defeat for the effort to
Waiting for the Gag Reflex By Tom Teepen Vol. 9, No. 5, 1987, pp. 1-2 The killing is picking up, not that anyone notices much any more. We killed a man in Georgia the other night. The paper front-paged his
Cubans in Limbo By Joe Dolman Vol. 10, No. 3, 1988, pp. 8-9 The Atlanta Federal Penitentiary was weirdly luminous in the bleak November dusk. U.S. Army floodlights, hauled in on long flatbed trailers, bathed its granite walls and gray
Bundy Killing No Cause for Celebration By Leroy Collins Vol. 11, No. 2, 1989, p. 10 Since I have a long record of opposing the death penalty, I have been asked what my reactions are to the Theodore Bundy execution.
Winthrop Rockefeller and Executions By Martin Kirby Vol. 11, No. 2, 1989, pp. 10-11 In the continuing debate over the death penalty, it is fitting to invoke the name of Winthrop Rockefeller, who was Governor of Arkansas, my home state,
The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 11, No. 3, 1989, pp. 16, 15 With all the recent useless and stupid killings by blacks there is budding concern by some decisionmakers into the real causes of black crime
Hooked on the Drug Problem By Ralph Mason Dreger Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, pp. 7-8 How do we fight the drug problem? Well, first, it must be recognized that it is not “the drug problem,” but a whole congeries
The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 11, No. 5, 1989, pp. 24, 23 I spoke recently in Pittsburgh at an annual NAACP banquet. Ordinarily, NAACP types are leery of me because they often naively believe every societal