The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
The Movement Remembered: “Like A Banked Fire” By Staff Vol. 5, No. 6, 1983, pp. 8-13 Worth Long: When did you first realize that there was a need for civil rights change, for change in the state of Mississippi? Aurelia
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Blues for Mr. President By Tom Rankin Vol. 6, No. 4, 1984, pp. 12-13 MR. PRESIDENT Oh, went down to the employment office this morning Lord, didn’t have a thing for poor me Went down to the employment office this
Plantation Portraits: Women of the Louisiana Cane Fields By Tika Laudin Vol. 6, No. 6, 1984, pp. 4-6 HELEN CASSIMERE Jeanerette, formerly Kilgro and Hope Plantations. I plant cane, cut grass, cut cane, hoe cane, pull grass out of cane,
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Sixty five Years in Eufaula By David Frost Vol. 7, No. 3, 1985, pp. 30-37 I am DAVID FROST, Jr. This is an account of my life in Eufaula, Alabama and my family struggle for survival. This account parallels the
Economics and a Murder Trial By Eliza Heard (Virginia Durr) Vol. 7, No. 5, 1985, pp. 14-17 The road to Hayneville and Selma (No. 80) leads to dreams of asphodel and honey. The old cotton fields are now meadows filled
Grace and guts Virginia Durr Vol. 7, No. 5, 1985, pp. 17-21 Steve Suitts: I have the privilege of introducing Virginia Durr, a remarkable Alabamian whose life, spanning more than eight decades of Southern history, chronicles the best aspirations of
Maggie Lee Sayre–A Glimpse of Shantyboat Life By Tom Rogers Vol. 8, No. 1, 1986, pp. 12-14 Maggie Lee Sayre, born deaf, never heard water slap boat thwarts. Yet during her half century on the Tennessee River she compiled an
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Arthur Raper, 1899-1979: A Life Looking ‘for the Heart of the Thing’ Interview by Cliff Kuhn Vol. 9, No. 2, 1987, pp. 4-10 Introduction No Southerner had a deeper commitment to regional reform than sociologist Arthur Raper. Born on a
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The Making of A Judge By Nancy Callahan Vol. 9, No. 4, 1987, pp. 9-13, 16 In 1816, North Carolina planter Joseph Gee bought a massive tract of land in a bend in the Alabama River, in Wilcox County. On
Septima P. Clark 1898-1987 By Bill Steverson Vol. 10, No. 2, 1988, pp. 12-16 I WAS BORN IN CHARLESTON, S.C., the same place where I am living now. My father was a slave on the Joel Poinsette plantation. He came