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Demanding Change Reviewed by Cecily McMillan Vol. 14, No. 3, 1992, pp. 29-32 Praying for Sheetrock , Melissa Fay Greene (Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1991, 416 pages). There have been, over the years, more young white liberals than can ever be
Charles G. Gomillion By Robert J. Norrell Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 pp. 14-15 A few weeks ago I lost my hero–Charles Goode Gomillion, a 95-year-old man of whom relatively few people will have heard. But for me he embodied
Canton, Then and Now By Tom Dent Vol. 19, No. 2, 1997 pp. 23-24 In his most recent book, Southern Journey: A Return to the Civil Rights Movement, author Tom Dent revisits some cities and towns in the South to
Voting Rights On Trial Again in Alabama By Anne Braden Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 17-18 Connie Tyree is a thirty-six-year-old single mother and grandmother in Greene County, Alabama, who cares for three children and is a volunteer community
Rebel with a Cause: Albert Turner, Sr. (1936-2000) Allen Tullos Vol. 22, No. 2, 2000 pp. 24-26 Albert Turner, Sr., a lifelong Alabama activist who led voting rights campaigns, sit-ins, and marches for freedom and equal rights, who served under
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