The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Vivian Malone Jones and the VEP: From Integration to Voter Registration By Christena Bledsoe Vol. 1, No. 2, 1978, pp. 8-10 Sometime in her youth, Vivian Malone Jones decided she wanted to go to college. That wouldn’t have been such
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Tupelo: Hometown in Turmoil By Betty Norwood Chaney Vol. 1, No. 3, 1978, pp. 16-19 “Hey, they got a jitney jungle,” a Black kid with a Michigan brogue exclaimed to his traveling companion as the bus wound its way into
The Dying Memory of Hugo Black By Thomas Noland Vol. 1, No. 3, 1978, pp. 20-21 “Mr. Justice Black and myself were both natives of Clay County. Each of us dearly loved and revered our native origins and the peoples
Fighting Discrimination in Macon: A Return to the Streets By Yvette Sparks Vol. 1, No. 4, 1979, pp. 4-7 During the height of the civil rights movement when the call for integration resounded throughout the country, Macon, Georgia heard the
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A New Day in Wilcox County: 1978 By Harriet Swift Vol. 1, No. 6, 1979, pp. 15, 16, 28 “Bad Wilcox,” the civil rights workers used to call it. “In Alabama they say that there are 66 counties and then
Eatonton, Georgia: Rural Black Community Organizes for Change By Alice Swift Vol. 1, No. 7, 1979, pp. 22-23 The days of White mobs gathering to lynch a Black man simply because he is Black are gone, but there are still
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The Election of Birmingham’s Black Mayor By Ron Casey Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979, pp. 11-14 Apparently there were two sets of voices vying- for Officer George Sand’s attention as Birmingham Police Department car 71 pulled into the convenience store
Reflections on Racial Progress in Mississippi:1964 Freedom Summer and Rosedale Mississippi 1979 By Ivory Phillips Vol. 2, No. 4, 1980, pp. 12-16 Editor’s Note: In October 1979 a conference was held in Jackson, Mississippi to commemorate and assess the civil
The Unmaking of a Black Candidate: Memphis By Terry Keeter Vol. 2, No. 5, 1908, pp. 13-15 Otis Higgs, Jr. told the public that he did not want to be elected mayor of Memphis simply because he is Black, and
An Observation on New Orleans By A.B. Assensoh Vol. 2, No. 6, 1980, pp. 7 Former Alabama Gov. George Wallace had achieved such racial notoriety that before my arrival from Africa in New Orleans, I perceived that all the Southern