Driving Mr. Walker
Driving Mr. Walker By Steve Suitts Vol. 12, No. 4, 1990, pp. 5-7 I was taken for a ride on Memorial Day Sunday. At home without my family (off visiting relatives) I was sitting on my front porch when a
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Cooked Food
Cooked Food By Roberta Bondi Vol. 12, No. 4, 1990, pp. 8-12 When Benjamin was five, he looked down at his plate one morning at breakfast. Then he looked up at me and asked, “Mama, when you were a little
Mississippi and the WPA
Mississippi and the WPA Reviewed by Will Campbell Vol. 12, No. 4, 1990, pp. 20-23 If I were asked to name one agency of government which has done the most good in my lifetime I would not hesitate. The Works
On the Line: Working Life in Arkansas
On the Line: Working Life in Arkansas By Nancy Peckenham Vol. 13, No. 2, 1991, pp. 12-15 For weeks in early 1990, Deborah Abdullah woke up every day to face the problems plaguing many workers in the state of Arkansas.
Son Ham’s Hat
Son Ham’s Hat By Connie Curry Vol. 14, No. 2, 1992, pp. 15-17 I first met Matthew and Mae Bertha Carter in January 1966. I was Southern Field Representative for the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker service organization. My
A Right to Be There
A Right to Be There By Constance Curry Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp.18-23, 25 It was Mae Bertha Carter on the phone. “I’m on my way to raise hell with the Mayor,” she told me. “The City Council didn’t
Cross Purposes
Cross Purposes Review Essay by Vivian May Vol. 16, No. 2, 1994, pp. 13-17 “There came to me, in answer to prayer, a reward for my sufferings, the perfect maid. She is well trained, as good a cook as I,
BOOKS: Shining in Sunflower
BOOKS: Shining in Sunflower Reviewed by Casey Hayden Vol. 17, No. 3-4, 1995 pp. 22-23 Silver Rights by Constance Curry (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1995, 258 pages). In the dialect of local black Mississippians in the Freedom Movement of
People Who Made the Movement
People Who Made the Movement Staff Vol. 19, No. 1, 1997 pp. 5-20 The voices you hear in the radio series, Will the Circle Be Unbroken? are edited and assembled from of a treasure trove of more than 250 interviews
Saints and Villains: An Interview with Denise Giardina
Saints and Villains: An Interview with Denise Giardina By Kerry Taylor Vol. 19, No. 3-4, 1997 pp. 30-32 Though she describes her writing as primarily theological rather than political, Appalachian writer Denise Giardina stands out among contemporary American authors for
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