The Cold Hard Truth
The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 11, No. 2, 1989, pp. 24, 22-23 I am proud of America and proud to be an American. Almost no other nation in the world would have waged a civil war
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The Cold Hard Truth
The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, pp. 32, 31 On a morning in the midst of the Bill Lucas furor, I completed an informal poll in the skyscraper building which houses both local
An Insider’s Account of Race and Politics in the Delta.
An Insider’s Account of Race and Politics in the Delta. Reviewed by Michael Cooper Vol. 11, No. 6, 1989, pp. 17-19 Even Mississippi by Melany Neilson (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1989. xiv, pp. 199). Part memoir and part campaign
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The Cold Hard Truth
The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 11, No. 6, 1989, pp. 24, 23 The unspeakable and cowardly Sunday morning bombing and slaughter of the four children in Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is like it happened yesterday.
‘You Have a Right . . .’ Voices from the Movement in Mississippi
‘You Have a Right . . .’ Voices from the Movement in Mississippi Edited by George Littleton Vol. 12, No. 2, 1990, pp. 10-14 The following narratives are condensed from interviews conducted by young people from Bloodlines, regroup of black
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A mayor who was never addicted to steel.
A mayor who was never addicted to steel. Reviewed by Charles Morgan Jr. Vol. 12, No. 2, 1990, pp. 22-23 BACK TO BIRMINGHAM: Richard Barrington, Jr. and His Times by Jimmie Lewis Franklin (Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1989).
The Cold Hard Truth
The Cold Hard Truth By J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Vol. 12, No. 2, 1990, p. 24 Editor’s Note: It has been a turbulent in Dallas County, Alabama, where the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act was celebrated earlier this year
Journey of Change.
Journey of Change. Reviewed by Alex Poinsett Vol. 12, No. 5, 1990, pp. 14-15 Delta Time: A Journey Through Mississippi, by Tony Dunbar. (New York: Pantheon Books, 1990. 245 pages.). An elderly Mississippi Delta plantation owner is found hanging in
The 1990 Life Fellow Honoree
The 1990 Life Fellow Honoree By Staff Vol. 13, No. 2, 1991, p. 13 “Both the black and the white people of Alabama’s Black Belt and the nation are indebted greatly to Estelle Witherspoon. Long before historians marked the beginning
A strong figure in a tumultuous era
A strong figure in a tumultuous era Reviewed by Leslie Dunbar Vol 14, No. 2, 1992, pp. 27-29 Chronicles of Faith, The Autobiography of Frederick D. Patterson, edited by Martia Graham Goodson, with a foreword by Harry V. Richardson (University