The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
What Will We Do With the Homeless? By Ed Snodderly Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994, pp. 14-15 ED SNODDERLY: Joyce Brookshire is a songwriter and singer whose family comes from north Georgia. Joyce started writing songs when she was ten
The Places of AIDS By Meredith Raimondo Vol. 16, No. 2, 1994, pp. 3-12 “Cancer clinic has AIDS scare” was the title of the piece in The Atlanta Constitution‘s local news summary on July 30, 1985. Noting that “As many
Muted Voices Reviewed by Paul Delaney Vol. 17, No. 2, 1995 The Black Press in Mississippi, 1865-1985, by Julius E. Thompson (University Press of Florida, 1993, 242 pages). Thompson’s is a fascinating and important, if not well-written, account of the
The Disposable Olympics Meets the City of Hype By Preston Quesenberry Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 3-14 Not since the height of the Civil Rights movement have the Southern states, and Atlanta in particular, received as much extended media
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Assessing the Olympic Legacy By Charles Rutheiser Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 16-19 Compared to the massive displacements that accompanied the Olympics in Seoul (1988) and Barcelona (1992) , the demolitions and removals occasioned by the 1996 Centennial Games
Passing the Torch, Torching the Past By Barry E. Lee Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 21-22 Known as many things since its founding in 1837–a city resurrected from the ashes of the Civil War to lead the South in
Remembering Another Atlanta: Gate City By Julian Bond Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 22-24 “South–that part of the United States south of Mason’s and Dixon’s line, the Ohio River, and the southern boundaries of Missouri and Kansas.” (Webster’s New
Contours of the Color Line Reviewed by Cliff Kuhn Vol. 18, No. 2, 1996 pp. 26-27 Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: The Saga of Two Families and the Making of Atlanta by Gary M. Pomerantz. (Scribner’s, 1996, 550 pages). Race
News and Blues: Minority Journalists in the South, Twenty-Five Years Later Reginald Stuart Vol. 19, No. 2, 1997 pp. 5-9 Editors Note: Twenty-five years ago in July-August, 1972, Reginald Stuart wrote the “Survey of Southern Black Journalists,” for SRC’s South
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Grand Opening: The Mississippi Sovereignty Commission By Bill Minor Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 20-22 Mississippi recently had a Grand Opening. The grand opening of what? The old state Sovereignty Commission files, of course. Many in the news profession
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