The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Life Expectancy and School Experience: Some Findings in North Carolina By Betty H. Landsberger Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, pp. 18-19 Editor’s Note: In the mid 1970’s, a difference of at least 15 years in life expectancy was found to
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Southern Women By Staff Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, p. 25 A group of individuals gathered in Atlanta recently with Karen Nussbaum of the Working Women Organization Project (WWOP) to discuss the problems of Southern working women in the office
THE CHAINS THAT BIND: ERA and the Southern Black Woman By Sylvia Crudup Cole Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978, pp. 19-21 Congress voted recently to extend -the- period for the states to ratify the ERA until June 30, 1982. This
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United Steelworkers vs. Weber: Affirmative Action on Trial By Laughlin McDonald Vol. 1, No. 9, 1979, pp. 14-17 United Steelworkers of America v. Brian F. Weber, known familiarly asWeber because of the enormous interest the case has generated, was argued
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Minorities in Southern Television: Visibility But Little Control By Faye McDonald Smith Vol. 1, No. 10, 1979, pp. 3,26-29 The days are over – pretty much – when Black people would do a double take when they turned on the
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The South: Its Attitudes and Changes, Its People By Bettie Green Stokes Vol. 2, No. 5, 1980, pp. 10-11 It seems to be a national concensus that the South has come into its own and is now a part of
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Affirmative Inaction in Blackbelt Governments By Marge Manderson Vol. 2, No. 5, 1980, pp. 16-18 On the roads of the rural Southern Blackbelt you are likely to almost as many Blacks as Whites. Nearly one of every four people you
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ERA and the South By Betsy Brinson Vol. 2, No. 5, 1980, pp. 24-25 Early ERA advocate Crystal Eastman suggested in 1923 that “To blot out of every law book in the land, to sweep out of every dusty courtroom,
Economic Development Women’s Earnings: A Ten Year Review Janet L. Norwood and Elizabeth Waidman Vol. 2, No. 6, 1980, pp. 23, 25 The old saying that “the more things change, the more they stay the same” seems to apply to
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Equal Rights By Chuck Morgan Vol. 2, No. 8, 1980, pp. 4-8 In our bureaucratic “work together” pragmatic society, I plead guilty to a conviction that the Constitution and the country are better off when the three branches of the